Herbed beer bread
Herbed beer bread
Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Serves: Makes 1 loaf
A mouth-watering variation on traditional beer bread.
Ingredients
750ml (420 g) Snowflake self-raising flour
5ml salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
30ml sugar
125ml (50 g) grated cheddar cheese
2 cloves garlic, crushed
15ml chopped fresh origanum or 5 ml dried
45ml chopped fresh parsley or 15 ml dried
340ml can beer, at room temperature
60ml milk
10ml olive oil
Method
- Sift flour and salt together. Add pepper, sugar, cheese, garlic and herbs. Mix well.
- Add beer and milk and mix until just combined.
- Spoon mixture into a greased 22.5 cm loaf pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 180 °C and continue baking for 30 minutes. Remove bread from oven and brush with olive oil. Continue baking for about 15 minutes, or until done and golden brown.
- Leave in pan for a few minutes before turning out into a wire rack to cool.
