Roll over Beethoven? No, there are no berries here...

It's been a while since the last entry, but I've been busy. I felt like baking today though, which seemed like a good reason to bake! I got the idea for this from a recipe for Beigli from The Baker, but it bears only a fairly small resemblence really. This is just a sweetened bread turned into a sultana, nut, honey and spice roll. It's not a massively adventurous recipe, but I think it ought to work nicely.

Spiced honey, sultana and nut roll

Ingredients

• 1/2 sachet Fast-action yeast
• 310g Strong flour
• 110g Unsalted butter
• 65g Caster sugar
• 1 Egg, beaten
• 90ml Milk
• 45g Walnuts*
• 40g Hazelnuts*
• 50g Almonds*
• 185g Sultanas
• 3tsp Cinnamon
• 1 1/2tsp Nutmeg
• 110g Honey

Method

1. Mix the yeast with the flour and rub in the butter until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
2. Mix in the sugar, then stir in the milk and egg and combine to form a dough.
3. Knead for 10 minutes, then allow to rise, covered, until doubled in size.
4. Knock the dough back and knead for 5 minutes. Flatten into a rectangle a little bit larger than A4 size.
5. Sprinkle the sultanas, chopped nuts and spices over the dough, then drizzle the honey over the top.
6. Roll the dough up widthways and place on a greased baking tray.
7. Cover with a damp teatowel and leave to prove until doubled in size.
8. Prick the top with a fork in several places and bake at 200C for 35-40 minutes.
9. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

*These quantities might possibly just have been what I had left in my cupboard...

Here it is at the end of step 5.After rolling (end of step 6).After proving (end of step 7). It's not risen very much!But out of the oven, it's looking rather a lot better. Some of the honey leaked a bit though.