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How to prepare Ghana tea bread

Pulse daily DIY recipe teaches prospective chefs how to prepare healthy, Ghanaian dishes in a simple way.
Ghana Tea bread
Ghana Tea bread

Ingredients

  • Bread Flour
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Butter
  • Nutmeg
  • Yeast

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Method

  • Place the flour, salt, butter, nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Mix the butter into the flour using either your hands or the paddle attachment for the mixer.
  • Put the warm water in a bowl, add the yeast, 1 tsp sugar and whisk. Set it aside to froth. This may take up to 15 minutes.
  • Now add this to the flour mixture and mix until well incorporated.
  • Add water and mix the flour into a dough.
  • Knead the dough until it is very elastic.
  • Grease a glass bowl with butter. Roll the dough into a ball and place in the greased bowl. Rub the dough with the butter and turn the dough up, so the buttered face is up.
  • Cover the bowl with cling film and place in a warm place for the dough to rise. You can create a warm environment by warming up the oven to 100oC. When the set temperature is reached, switch it off and leave the oven light on.
  • Mould into desired sizes.
  • Heat up the oven to 180C. Place the baking tray on a top shelf.
  •  Bake the dough for 30 minutes and then place a bowl of cold water on the bottom shelf. This will create steam in the oven to help create a lovely crust on the bread.
  • Turn up the heat to 200C and bake till the bread is light brown. This may take another 20 minutes.
  • Once the light brown colour has been achieved, take it out of the oven, cover the bread with a cloth and let it rest to cool down. Remove the cloth after 5 minutes and continue to let it cool down completely.
  • Once cooled serve with your favourite beverage.
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