A recipe for Bacon & Chive Beer Bread

[sandbender]

I stumbled across this recipe for a type of beer bread and immediately thought of you lot...

Bacon & Chive Beer Bread

Yields 1 loaf

3 cups (380 grams) bread flour (all-purpose will work in a pinch)
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons freshly chopped chives
2-2 1/2 ounces (55-70 grams) cooked bacon, crumbled (about 15 thin slices)
3/4 teaspoon salt
12 ounces (355 ml) beer (choose your favorite!)
1/4 cup (57 grams) butter, melted

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.

In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, chopped chives, salt, and crumbled bacon. Pour in beer and mix until just incorporated. Spread batter evenly in prepared baking pan. Pour melted butter over the top of the dough.

Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the top is browned. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.

Many thanks to pastryaffair.com

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[copper_head]

Mmm, now that looks tasty!

 

[Goatboy]

Dare I say NOM, NOM, NOM. boy that sounds Good.

 

[Elen Sentier]

Yummmm !!! Added tto my recipes, ta muchley

 

[British Red]

Bacon....goood

Bread.......goooood

Chives.......goooood


.....needs cheese

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

Now this I am doing!

 

[crosslandkelly]

Bookmarked and ready to go, yum!

 

[eel28]

Sounds rather interesting, will give that a go, once I have worked the English quanties etc

 

[Macaroon]

I made this this afternoon............took 25 mins. to eat the lot, absolutely delicious! I've packed a dry mix and will try it on the stove tomorrow for lunch in the woods............thanks very much! atb mac

 

[realearner]

Think I might give that ago next week, when I've finished my next lot of home cured and smoked bacon to go in it

 

[Goatboy]

Thought this may be of use to some of you: http://www.preparedpantry.com/downloads/Emergency_Bread_Guide.pdf

Maybe gonna try that Bacon and chive bread this weekend.

 

[Earthgirl]

How about this one

Beer and Cheese damper bread

 

[Elen Sentier]

I'll give that a go with me new Dutch oven that's on its way - ta for that

behind every creative woman there's usually a very talented cat ...

 

[Tiley]

Thanks for this: I'm definitely going to try it out.

 

[Wanda]

gr8 recipe .. thank you

 

[Perrari]

Looks & sounds delicious, will give it a go. Thanks !

 

[Bushy Crafter]

I've made the bacon & chive bread last week and it came out really well. I used lobster ale and the only thing I might change next time is add more bacon.

 

[sandbender]

"... the only thing I might change next time is add more bacon..."

There are few things in this world that cannot be improved by adding more bacon.

 

[Falcn]

Oh I can see this one being cooked next time I get the chance.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[aris]

I used to make this all the time in a Dutch oven in South Africa. The beer is very important - the bubbles give aeration and lift in addition to the baking soda. I used to use self raising flour in lieu of the baking soda and bread flour.

Come to think of it, it was just flour, salt and beer you can add whatever other bits suit you. Cheese, corn, biltong, bacon.... The mixture was put in quite wet too - very high hydration loaf.