Name: South African Picnic Bread
Yield: Makes 12 slices
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons buttermilk; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon chilli sauce; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used rapeseed oil); 125 g smoked lardons, or diced smoked back bacon; 4 large free-range eggs; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 350 g mature Farmhouse Cheddar cheese, grated; 8 spring onions, trimmed and finely diced; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 275 g plain flour

Preparation info

Makes
12
slices

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lavender & Lovage

By Karen Burns-Booth

Published 2019

About

A very cheesy quick bread that also has spring onions, bacon and chilli sauce in it. This recipe makes one large loaf and it’s so moist and full of flavour. The recipe comes from my friend Zuri and it’s an old South African recipe that was favoured by fishermen for their packed lunch as well as by school children, and of course it makes perfect picnic fare.