Makes: 1 Savoury Braid Oven: 180 °C / 350 °F
Preparation Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Baking Time: 30 – 35 minutes
Ingredients
| 500 |
g |
Cake flour ( 4 x 250 ml / 4 cups ) |
| 260 |
g |
Whole-wheat flour ( 2 x 250 ml / 2 cups ) |
| 5 |
ml |
Salt ( 1 tsp ) |
| 5 |
ml |
Sugar ( 1 tsp ) |
| 1 |
ml |
Cayenne pepper ( ¼ tsp ) |
| 125 |
g |
Margarine |
| 10 |
g |
Anchor Instant Yeast ( 1 packet ) |
| 100 |
g |
Cheddar cheese ( 200 ml ), grated |
| 250 |
ml |
Lukewarm water ( 1 cup ) |
| 2 |
|
Large eggs, beaten |
| 1 |
|
Beaten egg, to brush |
Method
- Mix the cake flour, whole-wheat flour, salt, sugar and cayenne pepper together. Rub the margarine into the dry ingredients with the fingertips.
- Add the Anchor Instant Yeast and mix. Add the grated cheese and mix through.
- Add the lukewarm water and beaten egg to the flour mixture to form a soft dough and knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
- Place the dough on a lightly floured surface, cover with greased plastic and rest for 10 minutes.
- Knock the dough down and roll the dough out into a
40 cm square.
- Mix the filling together and place the savoury filling lengthwise down the centre of the dough. Cut the dough from the filling to the corners of the dough.
- Cut the dough on the sides into 10 – 12 slanted strips, down both sides of the filling – using a sharp knife.
- Fold the top and the bottom of the dough over the filling so that the ends meet in the middle. Seal together. Start at the bottom and place a strip across the filling to meet at the beginning of a strip on the other side – place slanted.
- Then take a strip from the other side and repeat the process.
- Continue until all the strips have been braided across the filling – one left, one right over the filling.
- Braid from the bottom up and secure the last strip, by tucking it into the bottom of the braid.
- Place the braid on a lightly greased baking tray, cover with greased plastic and allow to rise in a warm place for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Brush lightly with beaten egg and bake in a preheated oven
180 °C / 350 °F for 30 – 35 minutes until golden brown.
