Nettle and bacon bread recipe!

[crowded-solitude]

New favorite bread! Nettle and bacon loaf!!

100g Bacon
1/2 chopped onion
450g strong white flour
1tsp golden granulated sugar
1tsp Salt
1 x 7g yeast sachet
100g of roughly chopped young nettle tops
1tbsp rapeseed oil
150ml warm water
50g grated cheese

1. Fry bacon and onions and allow to cool. Then chop up the bacon.

2. Chuck everything except the cheese into a bowl. Mix then knead until smooth and springy pop into a bowl and cover with clingfilm and leave to prove.

3. Preheat the oven to 220 c

4. Once the dough has roughly doubled in size place onto a lightly oiled tray, add the cheese and turn the oven down to 200 then pop into the oven for 25-30minutes or until the bread sounds hollow when tapping the base.

Tastes awesome!!

Thanks for looking,

Gary

 

[Macaroon]

Sounds great! I'm gonna try this tomorrow.................

 

[treadlightly]

That does sound good...maybe time to bake again

 

[crowded-solitude]

Tastes great, you cant beat a bit of home baked bread...maybe I should leave some for the mrs lol

Gary

 

[sandbender]

mmmm. tasty.

 

[atlatlman]

Thanks for the recipe. Did the nettles add much flavour to the bread?

 

[crowded-solitude]

yeah, the nettles tip off the flavor pretty well.

Gary

 

[atlatlman]

yeah, the nettles tip off the flavor pretty well.

Gary

Thanks bud I will give that a go. I'm sure Ray Mears said in one of his shows if you scorch the nettles over a fire they make a good salt substitute.

 

[crowded-solitude]

Thanks bud I will give that a go. I'm sure Ray Mears said in one of his shows if you scorch the nettles over a fire they make a good salt substitute.

I'll need to give that a try, I just scolded the nettles before I chopped them up.

Gary

 

[woodstock]

Sound like a tasty combo what kind of bacon or doesn't it matter.

 

[crowded-solitude]

I just used smoked rashers but I think it would be good with any kind.

 

[John Fenna]

I'll need to give that a try, I just scolded the nettles before I chopped them up.

Gary

Sorry - not a dig at your spelling ability - but that tickled me...
"Naughty nettles - if you do not behave in future, I will not just chop you up but I will scald you with boiling water first!"
I often wonder if some folk will misinterpret some dialect as well and try cooking bannock on their grannies foundation garments instead of a cast iron girdle!
You have to love the British languages

 

[ZEbbEDY]

dont fancy kneading nettle dough

 

[crowded-solitude]

Lol good spot, I am a tad special when it comes to spelling but you get the gist

 

[crowded-solitude]

couple of snaps from tonight attempt.

Kinda looks like a giant bakes potatoe but it tastes gooooood!

 

[John Fenna]

Lol good spot, I am a tad special when it comes to spelling but you get the gist

Me too - but spell checker is a boon ... most of the time!
I hope to be baking tomorrow and I hope my loaf looks as good as yours!

 

[cranmere]

That looks good, I think I might go on a nettle picking expedition later today.

 

[woodstock]

Fi made it tonight that is a tasty loaf might use a little more bacon next time, but thanks for the recipe.