Saffron bread

Total: 3 hr | Active: 30 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 1 bread

Dough
500 g white flour
¾ tsp salt
60 g sugar
2 sachet saffron
½ cube yeast (approx. 20 g), finely crumbled
3 dl milk
60 g butter
To shape
egg yolk
To serve
50 g mild mustard
2 tsp liquid honey
¼ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ground cloves
100 g tangy Gruyère, in slices

How it's done

Dough

In a bowl, mix the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the yeast. Add the butter and milk, knead into a soft, smooth dough using the dough hook on a food processor for approx. 10 mins. Cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 2 hrs. until doubled in size.

To shape

On a lightly floured surface, shape the dough into a ball, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper, glaze with the egg yolk. Using a sharp knife, score the dough with a criss-cross

pattern.

To bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 200 °C. Remove from the oven, leave to cool on a rack.

To serve

In a small bowl, mix the mustard with all the other ingredients up to and including the ground cloves. Cut the bread into slices, serve with the mustard and cheese.

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