Baked cheese with quick walnut bread & pears

Baked cheese with quick walnut bread & pears

James Martin's after-dinner cheeseboard is all the more special with homemade walnut bread

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 35 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Freeze bread only

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. To make the bread, mix the flours, salt, bicarbonate and the walnuts in a mixing bowl. Then stir in the buttermilk and oil, followed by enough milk to make a very soft, sticky dough.
  2. Dust a baking tray with wholemeal flour and shape the dough into a round, flat-ish loaf on it. Dust with a little more flour, slash the top a few times and bake for 30-35 mins until risen, crusty and cooked through - it should sound hollow when you tap the bottom of it.
  3. Cool bread to just warm (or leave to cool completely if preparing ahead), then get the cheese ready. Unwrap the cheese and put back into the box. Tie string around the box in case the glue melts in the oven. Drizzle the cheese with walnut oil, season, then put in the oven for 10 mins. Serve with slices of the warm walnut bread and pear.

PER SERVING

966 kcalories, protein 35g, carbohydrate 108g, fat 47 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 10g, sugar 19g, salt 3.76 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2011.

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  • 05 March 2011

    sallysbest commented on this recipe

    The bread is quick straight forward and really delicious

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  • 29 March 2011

    sjeffery25 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So good and so easy

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  • 16 December 2012

    veedee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The walnut bread was so easy to make and very very delicious, we had it with the cheese on saturday night and finished it off with soup the following day. Dont be afraid to make this bread, its foolproof!

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  • 10 March 2013

    StoneFruit rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made the bread only. Foolproof.

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  • 27 April 2013

    Serious Eats commented on this recipe

    I used the soda bread recipe here but switched about my ratios a bit replacing the plain white flour for Atta flour as I had loads on hand and adding 100g porridge oats and 100g white flour. It made for a delicious, foolproof loaf that remained fresh for over a week! I will be definitely making this again!

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  • 12 May 2013

    StoneFruit commented on this recipe

    I have made it several times already but today used hazelnuts instead of walnuts. Even yummier!

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  • 13 May 2013

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is excellent. Made as a starter. Ended up using sliced apple instead of pear as my pears were like bullets and practically inedible. The bread was the star of the show - so easy to make and great results. One tip though - put the bread on a wire rack to cool. I put mine straight on to a plate and ended up with a slightly soggy bottom!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 35 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Freeze bread only

Ingredients

  • 1 English Camembert or Brie-type cheese in a box
  • drizzle walnut oil
  • 3 pears , cored and thinly sliced

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966 kcalories, protein 35g, carbohydrate 108g, fat 47 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 10g, sugar 19g, salt 3.76 g

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