Wild garlic and cheese bread

Name: Wild garlic and cheese bread
Yield: Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves
Ingredients: 5 tbsp olive oil; 200 g wild garlic leaves or garlic chives; 1 tbsp clear honey; 1 x 7 g sachet fast-action yeast mixed with about 150ml warm water; 500 g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting; 150-200 g grated mature cheddar; 2 tsp salt

Preparation info

Makes
1
large loaves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

Wild garlic is a wonderful vegetable to forage for, though you might get stuck on what to do with a large harvest. The combination here of cheese and mellow-flavoured wild garlic is great, with the bread making a perfect snack or accompaniment to a meal. If you haven’t got access to wild garlic then garlic chives will do the job.

Ingredients

500 g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
1 x 7 g sachet fast-action yeast mixed with about 150ml warm water

Method

Mix the flour, yeast and honey together in a mixer set with the dough hook attachment for 2-3 minutes to make a stiff, elastic dough, adding a little more water during mixing to bring the ingredients together, if necessary. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave to prove in a warm place for a few hours until the dough has doubled in volume.

Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a fryin