Makes: 1 Cheese & Corn Pot Bread Oven: 200 °C / 400 °F
Preparation Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Baking Time: 35 – 40 minutes
Ingredients
| 500 | g | Cake flour ( 4 x 250 ml / 4 cups ) |
| 5 | ml | Salt ( 1 tsp ) |
| 5 | ml | Sugar ( 1 tsp ) |
| 3 | ml | Cayenne pepper ( ½ tsp ) |
| 30 | ml | Chopped onion ( 2 tbsp ) |
| 410 | g | Tin whole kernel corn, drained and reserve about 50 ml of kernel water |
| 250 | ml | Cheddar cheese ( 1 cup ), grated |
| 10 | g | Anchor Instant Yeast ( 1 packet ) |
| 60 | g | Margarine ( 4 tbsp) |
| 160 | ml | Warm water ( ⅔ cup ) |
| 2 | Large eggs, beaten |
Method
- Mix the cake flour, salt, sugar and cayenne pepper together. Add the chopped onion, drained kernel corn
and grated cheese and mix. Add the Anchor Instant Yeast and mix. - Dissolve the margarine in the warm water and add the reserved kernel water, allow to cool down. The liquid must rather be cooler than too warm.
- Add the eggs and beat the mixture together.
- Add the liquid to the flour mixture and mix until the ingredients are well distributed.
- Cover with greased plastic and allow
to rise in a warm place for 20 minutes. - Knock the dough down and place
into a well greased cast iron pot.
Even the dough neatly into
the pot and sprinkle with
50 ml of grated cheese.
- Close with the lid and allow to rise in a warm place
until double in volume, about 30 – 45 minutes. - Place the pot on a solid cast iron plate and arrange
prepared warm coals around the pot and place
3 – 4 coals on the lid. Should the coals be too warm, move
coals further away from the pot and remove 1 from
the top of lid. Add hot coals, should the coals be too
cold. - Check from time to time and bake for about
35 – 40 minutes, until golden brown. - Allow to stand for 10 minutes and turn out. Wrap or
cover in a tea towel, until ready for serving.
Oven Method
Allow to rise in a warm place as per above. Bake in a
preheated oven at 200 °C / 400 °F for 35 – 40 minutes or
until golden brown. Stand in the pot to cool and turn out
for serving.
Mini Loaves
Make little pot breads or mini loaves but reduce the
baking time to 10 – 12 minutes.
