I was in Queens Park this week, I visited Gail's Artisan Bakery for my morning coffee and was inspired by all the beautiful breads they had laid about the place (extortionately priced by the way, but beautiful none the less!).
So I thought I would make something befitting their shop - not sure I managed to achieve the same aesthetics on this my first try, but it was tasty none the less.
Recipe taken from Lorrane Pascale's fantastic book - Baking Made Easy.
Mix 180g plain flour, 180g bread flour, 7g fast acting yeast, teaspoon ground ginger, teaspoon cinnamon and zest of 1 lemon
Make a well in the mix and add 150ml warm water, 1 egg and 1 tablespoon of treacle.
Mix and knead by hand for 5 mins (I took mine out of the bowl and stretched it like bread dough).
Then mix in 2 oz chopped dates and 3 oz of raisins.
Cover with clingfilm and put somewhere warm until the dough has doubled in size, then pull out of the bowl and place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Bake for 30 - 40 mins.
Serve warm! and yes we do have breakfast like this every morning ;)
