Best Mankomos Farmhouse Bread Recipes

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MANKOMO'S FARMHOUSE BREAD



Mankomo's Farmhouse Bread image

This bread is what we in South Africa would term plaasbrood - farm bread. You know the one, those loaves made by generations of farmer's wives where no written recipe really exists. No bread machine needed for this, kneading takes all of 10 minutes with two rising periods. Delicious. The recipe appears in Quiet Life, a Buddhist recipe book.

Provided by Chef Africa

Categories     Yeast Breads

Time 2h

Yield 1 loaf

Number Of Ingredients 7

500 g wholewheat flour
500 g white bread flour
20 ml salt
1 sachet instant dried yeast (10 g, or enough for 1kg of flour)
25 ml sugar
80 ml melted butter (optional)
750 ml lukewarm water

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 200C / 392°F.
  • Mix all the dry ingredients and then add the butter if using.
  • Gradually mix in the water and knead until you have an elastic dough which comes away from the sides of the bowl. If kneading by hand, do so for 10 minutes, 3 minutes with a food mixer.
  • Allow to rise in a warm place, covering the bowl with clingwrap until the dough has doubled in size.
  • Knead again lightly and place in a bread tin (at this point you can divide the dough if it is too much for one tin).
  • Leave to rise again until doubled.
  • Bake at 200C/392F for 15 minutes, then turn the oven down to 180C/356F and bake for a further 45 minutes or so, or until the loaves sound hollow when tipped out and knocked with your knuckles.
  • You can use a variety of different flours in this recipe, as long as you end up with 1kg of flour in total.

MANKOMO 'S FARMHOUSE BREAD



Mankomo 's farmhouse bread image

Provided by Food24

Categories     Bake

Time 1h30m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

500.00 g flour wholewheat
500.00 g flour white bread
4.00 tsp salt
10.00 g Superbake Instant Yeast
0.50 tsp sugar
5.00 butter melted
750.00 ml water

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.Mix all the dry ingredients. Add the melted butter. Gradually mix in the water and knead until you have an elastic dough that comes away from the sides of the bowl. Knead for at least 10 minutes if you're doing it by hand, and three minutes if you're using a food mixer. Allow to rise in a warm place, covering the bowl with cling wrap or placing it inside a plastic bag until the dough has doubled in volume. Knead brie. Fry and place in two medium-sized bread pans. Cover and allow to rise again until it's doubled in volume. Bake at 200 ° C for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 180 ° C for a further 45 minutes or so - until the loaves give a hollow sound when they're turned out and you knock on them with your knuckles.

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