Welsh Bara Brith
This is the famous Welsh bread. This version is without yeast. The recipe was Elizabeth Foulkes' of Bontnewydd in North Wales. It is delicious, thinly sliced with butter.
Ingredients (in Imperial and "spoons")
- 1 lb of self raising flour
- 1 lb of mixed dried fruit
- 2 tablespoons of marmalade
- 6 tablespoons of sugar
- half a pint (300 milli-litres) of warm tea (don't put the milk in!)
- a teaspoon of mixed spice (this is a ground mixture of Coriander Seed, Cinnamon, Caraway Seed, Cassia, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cloves. It can be bought from the cake making sections of supermarkets - Schwartz do it..... use a small quantity only ...... experiment to taste.
- 1 egg
- Honey to glaze
How to do it!
Mix the dried fruit, sugar and tea. Leave this mixture to stand over night.
Next day - stir in the flour, spice and marmalade and the egg (well-beaten). Line a loaf tin with grease-proof paper. Pour in the mixture.
Cook at 325 degree Fahrenheit for one and three-quarter hours (105 minutes). Turn out on a rack and brush with warm honey to glaze.
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