Bara Brith (Currant Bread) Welsh
1/4 lb Dried fruit 4 oz Candied peel 1 pt Warm water 1/2 ts Mixed spice 2 lb Plain flour 2 ts Salt 6 oz Lard 1 oz Fresh yeast 1/2 lb Demerara sugar 2 Eggs Oven: 450F, Gas Mark 8 fo...
Ingredients
- 1/4lbdried fruit
- 4ozcandied peel
- 1pt warm water
- 1/2tsp mixed spice
- 2lbplain flour
- 2tsp salt
- 6ozlard
- 1ozfresh yeast
Directions
- 1
1/4 lb Dried fruit 4 oz Candied peel 1 pt Warm water 1/2 ts Mixed spice 2 lb Plain flour 2 ts Salt 6 oz Lard 1 oz Fresh yeast 1/2 lb Demerar
- 2
Soak the fruit and candied peel in the water with the spice
- 3
Leave to steep in a warm place and use the warm spicy, strained water to mix the dough
- 4
Sift the flour and salt and rub in the lard
- 5
cream the yeast with the sugar and a little of the spiced water
- 6
mix this into the flour, together with the eggs and use enough of the water to give a firm, yet elastic dough
- 7
Knead well, leave to rise and knock back
- 8
blend in the drained fruit and knead again