Bread Made with Native Yeast

Ingredients

• 2£ level breakfastcups of flour
• 1 small breakfastcup native beer
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Put the flour into a small enamel basin, mix in the salt, make a hole in the centre and slowly pour in the beer stirring in the flour at the same time.

2. 2

   When well mixed, begin kneading with your fists and continue till the dough comes clear away from the sides of the basin, adding a little flour if necessary.

3. 3

   Put on the board sprinkled with flour and continue kneading till it can be cut without it sticking to the knife.

4. 4

   Put it in the greased and floured tin and stand near the fire to rise.

5. 5

   It may take three to four hours, according to the strength of the beer.

6. 6

   Bake exactly like bread made with yeast cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Practical West African cookery (1910) by S. Leith-Ross, page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bread made with Native Yeast. To make a lib. loaf : — 2£ level breakfastcups of j i teaspoon salt. flour. 1 small breakfastcup native beer

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