Onion, Nigella and Yoghurt Bread

Name: Onion, Nigella and Yoghurt Bread
Yield: Makes 2 loaves
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 500 g bread flour; 20 g compressed fresh yeast; 1 teaspoon castor sugar; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1 teaspoon nigella seeds; ½ cup plain yoghurt, at room temperature; rice flour; 150 ml warm water; 1 cup warmed caramelised onion; 1 egg yolk

Preparation info

Makes
2
loaves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Paramount Cooking

By Christine Manfield

Published 1995

About

This spicy bread is enhanced by the aromatic and fragrant flavours of rich curries, chilli-based food, tandoori and barbecued meats, pickles and spicy dips. The shape we make this particular bread in resembles Madonna’s breastplates designed by Jean Faul Gaultier. It demands attention and asks to be eaten!

Ingredients

500 g bread flour
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon

Australian
Oceania
Australia
Spicy
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Mix the flour, salt and nigella seeds in the bowl of an electric mixer with a dough hook.
Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water, stir in the warm onion and the yoghurt and pour immediately into the flour. Knead with the dough hook on medium speed for 15 minutes.
Cover the bowl with plastic foodwrap and a tea towel and allow the dough to rise and