Fruit Loaf
Fruit Loaf
Cooking Mode:
Steam & Combi
Steam:
25% Max
Equipment
- Stand Mixer with Dough Hook
- Mixing Bowls
- Chef Knife
- Scales
- Pastry Brush
- Mortar and Pestle
Ingredients
Ingredients- 500gm Plain Flour
- 10gm Dried Yeast
- 10gm Salt
- 45gm Brown Sugar
- 80gm Each of Sultanas
- Chopped Dried Apricots
- Dried Cranberries
- 15gm Ground Cinnamon
- 3 Whole Cloves
- 320gm Warm Water
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 20gm Milk
METHOD
Place the cloves in the mortar and pestle and grind to a fine powder.
In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer add flour, yeast, sugar, spices and dried fruits. Turn on the mixer to combine all these ingredients.
Add the water to the mix and mix again on medium speed for 5 mins
Once mixed remove from the bowl and knead on a lightly floured bench for a further 3 mins
Return the dough to the bowl and cover with cling-film and place in a pre-heated oven steam setting 30 degrees for 25 mins Once proved remove from the oven and knead again for 3 mins, shape dough into a loaf and place on to a perforated baking
tray lined with baking paper
Return to the oven and prove for a further 25 mins at 30 degrees steam setting
After the second prove remove from the oven and change the setting on the oven to 165 degrees combi mode Score the surface of the loaf with a sharp knife or razor blade and brush over egg wash
Bake in the oven for 30 mins until golden. Serve with lashings of salted butter.
In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer add flour, yeast, sugar, spices and dried fruits. Turn on the mixer to combine all these ingredients.
Add the water to the mix and mix again on medium speed for 5 mins
Once mixed remove from the bowl and knead on a lightly floured bench for a further 3 mins
Return the dough to the bowl and cover with cling-film and place in a pre-heated oven steam setting 30 degrees for 25 mins Once proved remove from the oven and knead again for 3 mins, shape dough into a loaf and place on to a perforated baking
tray lined with baking paper
Return to the oven and prove for a further 25 mins at 30 degrees steam setting
After the second prove remove from the oven and change the setting on the oven to 165 degrees combi mode Score the surface of the loaf with a sharp knife or razor blade and brush over egg wash
Bake in the oven for 30 mins until golden. Serve with lashings of salted butter.
HINTS & TIPS
You can use your favourite dried fruits, just make sure you don’t skimp on the amount of fruit For a little extra texture add some walnuts, pecans or macadamia nuts
This bread as with all our other bread recipes wont stay fresh for long as we don’t add preservatives, but this can be toasted up to two days after baking
This bread as with all our other bread recipes wont stay fresh for long as we don’t add preservatives, but this can be toasted up to two days after baking
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