Pistachio, date and orange flower tea loaf

Name: Pistachio, date and orange flower tea loaf
Yield: Makes 2 loaves
Ingredients: zest and juice of 1 large orange; 3 tablespoons orange flower water; 2 eggs; 450 g/1 lb/4 cups self-raising flour; 50 g/2 oz/½ stick unsalted butter; 350 g/12 oz/1½ cups caster sugar; 150 ml/5 fl oz/⅝ cup boiling water; 450 g/1 lb /4 cups stoned and chopped dates; 1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup peeled, chopped and blanched pistachios

Preparation info

Makes
2
loaves

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

These tea loaves keep well, once wrapped and stored, and they also freeze well. You can prepare the dates the night before baking.

Ingredients

1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
150 ml/5 fl oz/⅝

Dessert
Supper
Vegetarian
Baking
Bread

Method

Grease and flour two loaf tins. Place the dates in a bowl, mix the bicarbonate of soda with the boiling water, pour it over the dates and leave until cold. Cream the butter and sugar and add the beaten eggs, alternating with some of the flour. Gradually fold in the rest of the flour, adding the liquid in which the dates soaked, as well as the orange zest and juice, the orange flower water, the