Goats' Cheese, Spring Onion and Potato Bread with Thyme

Goats' Cheese, Spring Onion and Potato Bread with Thyme

I made this today and it is yummy! This is a Delia Smith recipe from her How to Cook - Book 1.

Ingredients:
110g goats’ cheese
4 spring onions, finely sliced
1 red potato (weighing about 175g)
1 rounded tsp chopped thyme leaves, plus some extra to sprinkle on top of the loaf
175g self-raising flour
1 tsp salt (As the goats’ cheese is so salty, I would not add any additional salt)
A generous pinch of cayenne pepper
1 large egg
2 Tbsp milk
1 heaped tsp grain mustard

1. Pre-heat the oven to 190°C.
2. Sift the flour, salt (if you want) and the cayenne pepper into a big mixing bowl. Hold the sieve high to give the flour a good airing.
3. Peel the potato and grate it straight into the flour.
4. Add the spring onions, chopped thyme and the cheese and mix.
5. Beat the egg, milk and mustard. Add to the flour mixture and mix until it is a rough dough.
6. Put on a baking sheet in either a round or oval shape. Dust with a little flour and the extra thyme.
7. Bake in the middle of the oven for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown.
8. Serve warm.

As I mentioned before, this loaf is seriously YUM. However it is quite small and if I were to serve it to guests, I would definitely do double quantaties. 2 of us ate the whole loaf for lunch.

For a delicious alternative, substitute the goats’ cheese, spring onions and tyme for feta cheese, a quarter of a red onion (finely chopped) and rosemary, respectively.