Bluepea Loaf Bread
Good morning and stay healthy! If you're up to it, here's the RECIPE for Bluepea Flower Loaf Bread that you can bake at home. The smell of freshly baked bread is simply heavenly!
Recipe by Mama Ding
Total Time | 3 hrs 5 mins
Prep Time | 2 hrs 20 mins
Cook Time | 45 mins
Servings : 1 loaf (8x4x4 inch/20x10x10cm)
Ingredients
340 g (2 and 3/4 cup) bread flour/high protein flour
25 g (2 tbsp) granulated sugar
6 g (1 tsp) salt
3 g (1.5 tsp) instant dried yeast
210 g (1 cup) bluepea flower extract (steep 60 flowers in 250g/1.25 cup hot water, strain and allow to cool)
20 g (5 tsp) shortening/margarine/butter, softened
Method
01 In a large bowl, place all the ingredients in and mix well with a spatula until you get a sticky dough.
Next, knead the dough by hand till you get a smooth and elastic dough, about 10-15 mins.
You can use a bread maker or a mixer with dough hook attachment for the above step.
02 Make a round ball with the dough and place in a lightly greased bowl. Cover with cling film and allow to proof until double in size.
03 Flour your work surface and a rolling pin. Take the dough out and shape into a rectangle.
Fold the edges in to meet in the middle then flatten with your floured rolling pin.
04 Roll the flattened dough into a log shape and press to seal the edges.
Place into a 20x10x10cm/8"x4"x4" loaf pan.
Cover pan with cling film and allow to proof until almost touching the cling film.
05 Remove the cling film.
Bake in a preheated oven at 190 C for 45 mins, cover the top with foil for the last 10 mins.
06 Remove from oven when cooked.
Remove bread from the loaf pan and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Notes
For White Bread, replace blue-pea extract with water.