Bread recipes

Anchoiade

Going shopping with my Mom as a child, the high light of the outing was the tea and anchovy toast at the tea room in town. Paging through a…

Apple Cinnamon and Walnut Cake

This apple cake is perfumed with cinnamon and the walnuts are an added crunchy treat. Serve at teatime with whipped cream if you want to in…

Bread and Almond Sauce

I like to serve this Mediterranean style dressing over fried baby marrows and top it with chopped nuts and a handful of chopped parsley

Coconut Bread

Warm slices of coconut bread served with pineapple jam are a lovely breakfast treat.

Cornflake Cookies

These cookies are crunchy and studded with glace cherries, sultanas and almond splinters. Enjoy with a cup of tea.

Croissants

Date Loaf with Caramel Topping

This is a very moist and delicious date loaf recipe. I like to roast the walnuts in the oven for about 8 minutes. Serve buttered slices wit…

Dinner Rolls

These dinner rolls are made with an egg-enriched yeast dough and are easy to shape. They are best eaten, freshly baked, but can be frozen s…

Easy Pickeld Lemons

This recipe makes a lovely jar of pickled lemons ready to serve with any roast or charred meat. It is also a nice gift for the hostess when…

English Muffins

I was very excited to try my hand at making a batch of English Muffins in pastry class the other day. It was well worth the little effort a…

Fava Bean Bruschetta

Sweet, tender fava beans make a very good topping for bruschetta. Be sure to drizzle generously with the best extra virgin olive oil.

Fresh Corn Polenta

The fresh corn adds a delicious sweetness to the polenta. Well worth the little effort.

Korean Pickled Daikon Radish

Korean pickled diakon, known as Damnuji, are flavoured with rice vinegar, garlic, tumeric , bay leaves and black pepper. The turmeric gives…

Lavosh

Lavosh are Armenian unleavened flatbreads, sprinkled with sesame seeds and baked to a crisp. The trick is to roll the dough very thinly. Go…

Mealie Bread

Serve mealie bread warm from the oven with lots of butter.

Mexican Corn Bread

This corn bread is deliciously moist and quite sweet with a nice chilli bite. Fabulous served with Mexican Fish Soup (published on my web i…

Millionares Shortbred

Naan Bread

Onion and Olive Flat Bread

Pot Bread

We South Africans love a braai and why not produce a golden brown pot bread to enjoy with the sizzling meat the next time you spend time ro…

Potato and Black Pepper Bread

Here is a recipe for bread with a chewy texture and a good crispy crust. Use floury potatoes that will mash very smoothly and coarse grind…

Potato Bread

Serve old-fashioned potato bread with fresh, cold butter and a bunch of crisp radishes. Don’t forget mugs of foaming beer.

Preserved Green Fig and Black Olive Fougasse

It was so good to be back in the kitchen after 3 months of absence and I celebrated by baking a magnificent bread with preserved green figs…

Rhubarb and Almond Cake

This is such a deliciously moist almond cake flavoured with Amaretti biscuits and topped with fresh rhubarb. After it comes out of the oven…

Sandwich Loaf

Soma’s Spoonbread

Spinach and Potato Curry

The curry is mild and spicy and very good served with basmati rice and a tomato salad.

Steamed Mieliebrood

We made steamed mieliebrood yesterday and were very pleased with our efforts. We had green mielies that was getting quite dry and I remembe…

Sundried Tomato Flat Bread

I baked a potato bread the other day and had just made some sundried tomatoes. Why not try adding some of the tomatoes to the dough and bak…

Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls

These dinner rolls are made from enriched yeast dough and are fairly sweet. They are excellent to serve with turkey or ham.

Walnut Bread

This is a rather expensive, but truly magnificent bread to serve with cheese and preserves. It freezes very well.