Celery and walnut bread

Yes, I know, it doesn't sound very nice, but it is! This bread has more of a cake texture, which is expected looking at the ingredients, and it's lovely with butter. The celery doesn't give much flavour (which is a good thing, I guess) but the walnuts and cheese do (which can only be a good thing :-))




Here it goes...

Celery and Walnut bread

225 g self-raising white flour
1 tsp baking powder
55 g butter, diced
2 celery sticks, very finely chopped
55 g walnuts, chopped
85 g grated cheese (I used mature Cheddar)
Salt and pepper
1 egg, beaten
4 tbsp milk

Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the butter and mix, preferably with the fingers, until it looks like breadcrumbs.

Add the celery, walnuts, cheese and salt/pepper and mix. Add the egg and the milk and mix until the dough is soft but not sticky. Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth.

Shape the dough (I made a "loafy" shape). The original recipe suggests using a loaf tin, but I didn't have one small enough (the dough is quite small).

Bake at 190C for 45 minutes and then leave to cool on a wire rack.