Makes: 1 Mielie Bread Oven: 180 °C / 350 °F
Preparation Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Baking Time: 25 – 30 minutes
Ingredients
125 |
g |
Butter / Margarine |
200 |
g |
Sugar ( 250 ml / 1 cup ) |
2 |
ml |
Salt ( ¼ tsp ) |
4 |
|
Eggs, beaten |
240 |
g |
Cake flour ( 2 x 250 ml / 2 cups ) |
10 |
g |
Anchor Instant Yeast ( 1 packet ) |
410 |
g |
Creamstyle Sweetcorn |
410 |
g |
Whole Kernel Corn, drained |
Method
- Cream the butter / margarine and sugar together until thick and creamy.
- Add the salt and the beaten egg and stir until well blended.
- Mix the cake flour and the Anchor Instant Yeast together and add to the butter mixture. Mix together.
- Cover the bowl with lightly greased plastic and leave the batter to rest for 20 minutes.
- Knock the batter down with a wooden spoon and add the creamstyle sweetcorn and whole kernel corn. Mix through until well blended.
- Place the batter into a greased 1.5-litre-bread pan, cover with greased plastic and allow to rise in a warm place for
20 – 25 minutes.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C / 350 °F for
25 – 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
Makes: 2 French Loaves Oven: 230 °C / 430 °F
Preparation Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Baking Time: 20 – 35 minutes
Ingredients
500 |
g |
Cake flour ( 4 x 250 ml / 4 cups ) |
7 |
ml |
Salt ( 1½ tsp ) |
10 |
g |
Anchor Instant Yeast ( 1 packet ) |
315 |
ml |
Lukewarm water ( 1½ cups ) |
|
|
Poppy seed, to sprinkle |
|
|
Sesame seed, to sprinkle |
|
|
Flour, to dust |
Filling
500 |
g |
Butter |
|
|
Chopped Parsley, |
|
|
Chopped Basil |
|
|
Crushed Garlic cloves or |
|
|
Crushed Garlic, prepared |
|
|
Seasoning, to taste |
|
|
Grated Cheddar Cheese |
Method
- Mix flour and salt together. Add the Anchor Instant Yeast and mix.
- Add the lukewarm water to the flour mixture to form soft dough and knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
- Cover with greased plastic and leave to rest for 5 minutes.
- Knock the dough down, divide into 2 equal pieces and roll each piece into a strand. Place onto a greased baking tray, cover with greased plastic and rise in a warm place until double, about 20 – 30 minutes.
- Cut slits across the top or slit down the middle and sides. Brush with water and sprinkle with seeds or dust with flour.
- Place an ovenproof bowl, with water, onto the bottom of the oven and allow to heat and create steam. The steam will result in a soft inside and a crisp outside.
- Bake, together with the water, in a preheated oven at 230 °C / 440 °F for 20 – 25 minutes, or until golden and crisp.
- Remove from the baking tray and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
- In the meantime, prepare the filling. Mix the soft butter with the rest of the ingredients.
- Spread the filling in between each of the slices, spreading it evenly.
- Wrap the French Loaves individually in alcan foil, making sure it is well secure.
- Warm in a preheated oven at 180 °C / 350 °F for about 10 minutes until the filling is well melted.
- Open the foil, fold the sides down and slice the slices to serve. Serve warm.
Makes: 1 Chakalaka Bread Oven: 200 °C / 400 °F
Preparation Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Baking Time: 25 – 30 minutes
A truly South African inspired bake. Try this Chakalaka Bread Recipe, topped with grated cheese and a mild and spicy veg flavour.
Ingredients
500 |
g |
Cake flour ( 4 x 250 ml / 4 cups ) |
5 |
ml |
Salt ( 1 tsp ) |
5 |
ml |
Sugar ( 1 tsp ) |
30 |
g |
Margarine ( 2 tbsp ) |
10 |
g |
Anchor Instant Yeast ( 1 packet ) |
330 |
ml |
Lukewarm water ( ± 1⅓ cups ) |
1 |
|
Tin Chakalaka ( 410 g ) |
250 |
ml |
Cheddar cheese, grated ( 1 cup ) |
Method
- Mix the cake flour, salt and sugar together. Rub the margarine into the flour with the fingertips.
- Add the Anchor Instant Yeast and mix.
- Add the water and mix to form a soft dough. Knead for about 10 minutes, 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 into a strand of about 40 cm.
- Cut the strand in half, place the strands next to each other and cut into 12 equal sections – 24 pieces. Keep covered with the plastic.
- Place the Chakalaka into a mixing bowl. Press each of the 24 pieces of dough flat and form into pebbles.
- Coat each pebble with the Chakalaka and pack the pebbles into a greased 1.5-litre-bread pan. Place the pebbles in a zig-zag pattern into the pan. Sprinkle with a little grated cheese. Continue with a second layer and now place the pebbles in the openings of the previous layer – once again a zig-zag pattern and sprinkle with cheese. Repeat the rows until all the pebbles have been used, ending with a sprinkle of grated cheese (four rows of 6 pebbles in a row).
- Cover with a greased plastic and allow to rise in a warm place for 25 – 30 minutes.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C / 400 °F for 25 – 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Loosen the sides from the pan, allow to cool for 5 minutes and turn out.
- Pull apart the pebbles layer by layer. Do not slice.