make bread or they have bread machines which are great, but this
Chili and Cheese bread that I saw Iain Hewitson of “Huey’s Cooking Adventure”
make is so simple and definitely delicious.
The dough is very wet and little messy to handle but I guarantee it works.
The wet dough technique also works exceptional well for pizza dough
and Foccacio bread which I will post on another day
400 mls hand hot water you may not need the full 400
15 gms packet yeast these come in 8 gms packets
Sprinkle the yeast over the water stir and leave to prove 5-10 minutes.
This gives you time to assemble the other ingredients.
500 gms plain hi-grade flour sifted
4 little or 2 med chilies de-seeded and finely chopped
1 spring onion cleaned and finely chopped
240 gms grated tasty cheese buy ready grated for this recipe its easier
2 tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
1 tbs Sambal Olek optional for those with more tender mouths
1 tbs olive oil
1 loaf tin
Egg wash
1 egg beaten with 2 tbs of milk
Place the flour in a large bowl if using stainless steel warm the bowl first…
yeast likes a bit of warmth.
Add all the other ingredients mix with your hand then pour in the yeast mixture
Stir first with a wooden spoon till the liquid is blended in
don’t add it all…try about 300 -350mls first to get it to a nice wet dough,
then start to knead with your hand in the bowl, you may need to add a
little more flour so that you can handle it.
When you have a nice ball (shouldn’t take more than a 1-2 minutes) cover with plastic wrap and leave to rise till double its size (pictured below)
This will take about an hour depending on the air temperature.
Then collapse the dough into the bowl and drop onto a floured bench.
Knead for about 1-2 minutes adding a little more flour if it is too hard to handle.
Shape into loaf shape and push into a greased loaf tin
Leave to rise lightly covered probably best with a clean cloth
until doubled in size again.
Brush with egg wash and into hot oven 190◦
for 30 - 40 minutes till golden.
Turn out from tin tap…the bottom; if it sounds hollow it’s done,
if not back in oven for another few minutes.
Voila!!! This is crowd pleaser.
