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Cheese, Onion and Potato Bread with Thyme

Cheats? Bread? Why ever cheat at baking when there are a million and one ready-baked loaves to choose from? Well, firstly there aren’t any out there that taste like this one and even without our time-saving hero ingredient, this was always dead easy. But hats off and a big bow to McCain, who have long provided us with quality frozen potato products and have now come up with rösti – the ingenious Swiss invention of grated potato. They can, of course, be summoned from the freezer at a moment’s notice and fried till crisp and golden, but in this luscious, squidgy potato bread the work of peeling boiled and grated potatoes is eliminated. Note: different cheeses can be used. We love feta or Lancashire and rosemary or sage can be substituted for the thyme.

 

Serves : 4 – 6

 

Ingredients:

 

6oz / 175g Self-Raising Flour, plus a little extra for the top of the loaf
1 Level tsp Salt
¼ Level tsp Cayenne Pepper
4 Spring Onions
1 Rounded Dessertspoon Thyme leaves, plus a few small sprigs
2 Rounds of McCain Frozen Rosti (from a 570g pack), chopped into small pieces (no need to defrost)
4oz / 110g Cottage Cheese with Onion and Chives
1 tbsp Ready-Grated Parmesan
1 Large Egg
2 tbsp Milk
1 Heaped tsp Wholegrain Mustard

 

Instructions:

 

  1. Pre-heat the oven to Gas Mark 5 / 375°F / 190°C.

  2. Sift the flour, salt and cayenne pepper into a big, roomy mixing bowl, holding the sieve up high to give the flour a good airing.

  3. Then finely slice the spring onions and chop the thyme leaves.

  4. Next, add the rösti potato, spring onions, thyme, cottage cheese and half the Parmesan to the flour.

  5. Now take a palette knife and blend everything together thoroughly.

  6. After that, beat the egg gently with the milk and mustard, then pour the mixture into the bowl, just bringing it all together to a loose, rough dough, still using the palette knife.

  7. Next, transfer it on to a small, solid baking sheet that has been generously greased and pat it gently into a 6 inch / 15cm rough round.

  8. Now, dust with a little flour and scatter the remaining Parmesan and the small sprigs of thyme over.

  9. Bake the bread on the middle shelf of the oven for 45 – 50 minutes or until golden brown.

  10. Then remove it to a cooling rack and serve it still slightly warm if possible (but I have to say it's still divine a day later, warmed through in the oven).

 

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