Monday 29 June 2015

Low sodium seed loaf


Ingredients: 
1 cup Bran
2 cups Wholewheat flour
1 cup white flour (preferably organic)
70g mixed seeds – pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and chia seeds, poppy seeds - any combination
10g Dry yeast
1 tbsp organic sugar syrup/honey
1 tbsp Molasses, or double the honey
Pinch of Salt
600ml Tepid water (Just warmer than room temp - about a third hot, and two-thirds cool)

Method: 

  • Mix the water, yeast, molasses and honey together in a bowl/ small jug.
  • Allow the yeast to begin fermentation (+/- 10-15 minutes)
  • When the yeast is frothy it is ready to be added to the rest of the ingredients.
  • Mix the rest of the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Keep some seeds aside for the topping.
  • When the yeast is ready add the wet ingredients slowly to the dry ingredients.
  • Mix gently.The dough must look wet. (Similar to a fruit cake mix)
  • Set aside and allow to stand until double in size. Cover with glad wrap and a warm damp cloth. The warmer the spot, the shorter this will take.
  • Grease two bread tins (Spray and Cook - olive oil) and set aside.
  • Knock down the dough gently and place into your bread tins. (The knocking down is automatic as you pour into tins)
  • Garnish the bread with the remainder of the seeds.
  • Set aside and allow it to rise until nearly double in size. Cover loosely with plastic (cut a large plastic freezer bag open) which you can spray with olive oil to prevent sticking.
  • Remove plastic and place into preheated oven at 180 degrees for +/- 40 minutes.
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