Grape and Sultana Bread
This bread was inspired by a friend of mine, Chris Davies, an avid cook who wanted an unusual bread for his dinner guests. I think it did the trick!
Ingredients
- 500 g strong white flour plus extra for dusting
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 30 g caster sugar
- 20 g yeast crumbled
- 30 g butter softened
- 300 ml water
- 75 g red seedless grapes
- 75 g sultanas
Instructions
- Put the flour, salt, sugar, yeast and butter into a large bowl and mix together, then slowly add the water until all the flour has been incorporated (you might not need all of it).
- Tip out onto a lightly floured surface and, using your fingers and palms, knead for 5 minutes.
- Put the bread back in the bowl and leave to rest for 1 hour.
- Line a baking tray.
- Add the grapes and sultanas to the dough and mix in well, then shape into a ball, flatten slightly using your hand and dust the top with flour.
- Put onto the baking tray and leave to rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
- Cut a square in the top of the dough and bake for 25 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.