Low Fat Desserts Recipes - Spinach and Bacon Bread

Ingredients

• 15ml olive oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 115g rindless smoked bacon rashers, chopped

• 675g plain flour

• 7.5ml salt

• 2.5ml grated nutmeg

• 1 sachet easy blend dried yeast

• 475ml hand hot water

• 225g chopped spinach, thawed if frozen

• 25g grated reduced-fat cheddar cheese

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Method:

1. Lightly oil two 23cm/9in cake tins. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion and bacon for 10 minutes until golden brown.

2. Sift the flour, salt and nutmeg into a mixing bowl, add the yeast and make a well in the centre. Add the water. Tip in the fried bacon and onion, with the oil, then add the well-drained spinach. Gradually incorporate the flour and mix to a soft dough.

3. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. Divide the mixture in half. Shape each half into a ball, flatten slightly and place in a tin, pressing the dough so that it extends to the edges.

4. Mark each loaf into six wedges and sprinkle with the cheese. Cover loosely with a plastic bag and leave in a warm place until each loaf has doubled in size. Preheat the oven to 200'C/400'F/Gas 6.

5. Bake the loaves for 25-30 minutes or until they sound hollow when tapped underneath. Cool on a wire rack.