Chocolate and Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 kilo strong bread flour
- 21 grams dried yeast
- 650 ml tepid water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 35 grams sugar.
Procedure
- Preheat oven 180 degrees.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together, add the water and mix well - use your hands.
- Work into a large pliable ball. Cut in half.
- Roll the 1st half the ball out on a floured board, to approx 1/2 inch thick - 12 - 15inches wide and as long as you can get it within those dimensions.
Filling - whatever you like. For the chocolate and banana filling use Nutella or other chocolate spread and spread it thickly and evenly down and across the dough,leaving an inch or so free on all sides. Cut 3 or 4 bananas into 1 inch thick slices and cover the chocolate spread with the slices. Sprinkle with chopped nuts of your choice if desired - almonds, walnuts etc. Add chocolate chips if liked. Take one of the long sides of the dough and roll it inwards, keep rolling - making sure the filling stays "tucked in" - arrange the bread on a baking tray - either laid out straight or curled around on itself, whichever you prefer. Brush lightly with olive oil - sprinkle with more chopped nuts if desired - leave aside in warm place to prove for 30 minutes then bake for 30 - 35 mins. Use the 2nd half of the dough to make either a 2nd sweet bread or a savory bread, use bacon and egg - Cheese and onion - whatever takes your fancy - treat as above.
