Miss South

Roast Bread

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Recipes from Brixton Village
Recipes from Brixton Village

By Miss South

Published 2014

  • About

This is a traditional Trinidadian side dish. You cook it in a dry frying pan and then use it to scoop up soups or stews. It is an unleavened flat bread so can be whipped up in next to no time.

Ingredients

  • 500 g self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon

Method

Put the flour in a large bowl with the sugar, butter (if using) and a pinch of salt. Rub in the butter, and then gradually add about half of the water. Bring everything together with your hand, adding more water bit by bit if it looks too dry. You want a firm but not sticky dough which comes together cleanly. Set the dough aside for 15 minutes to rise slightly.

Flatten the whole ball of