Orange, Lemon and Cherry Bread

Toasted with butter – perfect.
Portions:1 loaf
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Ingredients

  • 500 g strong white flour plus extra for dusting
  • 10 g salt
  • 30 g caster sugar
  • 40 g butter softened
  • 20 g yeast
  • 1 lemon zest of it
  • 3 oranges zest of it
  • 300 ml water
  • 75 g morello cherries

Instructions

  • Put all the ingredients except the cherries into a bowl and mix to a dough.
  • Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes, then put the dough back into the bowl and leave to rest for 1 hour.
  • Line a baking tray.
  • Add the cherries to the dough and mix well, then divide the dough into two pieces and roll each out to about 30.
  • 5 cm/12 inches long.
  • Twist the two pieces together and place on the baking tray, then leave to rise for 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
  • Bake the bread for 25 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
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Course Bread / Fruit