Artisan Bread

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Take 3 cups normal atta (wheat flour), half tsp salt and half tsp yeast (fresh is best). Mix together and add around 1.5 to 2 cups barely warm water to make a sticky chapati dough. Leave overnight or 12 hours. This will more than double so use a container big enough. Grease a baking tin […]

Christmas Cake

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1 kg chopped dried fruits ( raisins, currants, sultanas, deseeded dates etc) 125 ml rum Juice and rind of 2 oranges. Mix the above and refrigerate for a day. 250 gm butter at room temp 1.5 cups brown sugar 5 eggs at room temp 125 gm almonds, soaked overnight, skinned, chopped. Reserve a handful to […]