Cheese and chilli bread

Name: Cheese and chilli bread
Yield: Makes 1 large loaf
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 tbsp finely chopped deseeded chillies; large egg, beaten with a pinch of salt, to glaze; 140 g grated Comté or Cheddar cheese; 45 g finely grated Parmesan; 560 g strong flour; 420 ml warm water; walnut-size piece fresh yeast; 60 ml olive oil

Preparation info

Makes
1
large loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Table in the Tarn

By Orlando Murrin

Published 2008

About

Chillies are great fun to grow but you end up with far more than you can possibly use. This bread does not really solve the problem, but it is fun to serve dotted with specks of different-coloured home-grown chillies.

Ingredients

walnut-size piece fresh yeast
420 ml warm water
560 g strong flour

Europe
France
Mediterranean
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the yeast into the water in your mixer bowl and add the flour, 1½ tsp salt and the olive oil. Start mixing slowly, using the dough hook attachment, then knead for about 5 minutes, adding the chillies, ¾ of the Comté and ½ of the Parmesan halfway through. Transfer to a large bowl (or leave in the mixer bowl), cover and leave to rise at room temperature. Because the added ingredients slow up