Olive Bacon and Cheese Bread

Ingredients list for Olive Bacon and Cheese Bread

• 2 tablespoons Black olives sliced
• 3-4 Bacon rashers chopped
• 2 tablespoons Green olives sliced
• ¼ cup Cheddar cheese grated
• 2½ cup Refined flour (maida)
• for greasing Butter
• 2 teaspoons Fresh yeast
• ½ teaspoon Castor sugar (caster sugar)
• a pinch Salt
• 1 medium Onion chopped
• 2 tablespoons Fresh parsley chopped

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180° C. Grease a baking tin with some butter.
2. Take yeast in a bowl. Add castor sugar and one tablespoon warm water, mix and set aside to activate.
3. Take flour in another bowl. Add salt and the activated yeast and mix well. Add sufficient water and knead into a soft dough.
4. Heat bacon rashers in a non-stick pan and cook on medium heat for three to four minutes on each side. Add onion, mix and sweat it in the bacon fat. Drain the excess fat and set aside to cool.
5. Add the bacon mixture, black olives, green olives, parsley and cheese to the bread dough and knead well.
6. Place the dough in the greased tin and set aside to prove for fifteen to twenty minutes.
7. Place the baking tin in the preheated oven and bake for twenty to twenty-five minutes. Remove from oven, cool and demould.
8. Slice and serve.

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