You South Africa – 29 August 2019

Little beats the smell of freshly baked bread. Try these great

recipes from a new cookbook, Cape Mediterranean

EDITED BY CARMEN NIEHAUS

Breaking bread

FLATBREAD

MAKES2 LARGE, 4 MEDIUM

OR8 SMALLBREADS

PREPARATION:15-20MIN

RISING: 30 MIN

BAKING:7-9MIN

300gstonegroundwhite

breadflour

10ml(2t)instantdryyeast

5ml(1t)sugar

2,5ml(½t)finesalt

200mllukewarmwater

15ml(1T)extra-virginolive

oil,plusextratogreasethe

bowl

saltflakes

1 Mixtheflour,yeast,sugar

andsaltina largebowl

witha spoon.Addthe

waterand15ml(1T)oil

andmixwitha spoonuntil

itstartstoclumptogeth-

er,thenmixwithclean

handstoforma dough.

2 Kneadthedoughuntilit’s

verysmooth– 5–7min-

utes.(I turnitoutontoa

cleanworkingsurfacefor

betteraccesstoknead-

ingspace).

3 Shapeintoa ballthenput

ina greasedbowl.Cover

witha plasticbagand

leavetoriseina warm

placeuntilit’sdoubledin

size– about 30 minutes.

4 Preheattheovento

(Turnover)

T

HE well-

known

Stellen-

bosch-

based food

writ er, T V

presenter and food

blogger at Foodfox,

IlzevanderMerwe,

sharesherlovefor

lingeringmealsat

tables loaded with

dishes made in the

Mediterranean style

with an interesting

South African twist.

We’ve chosen our fa-

vourite bread recipes

from her new book.

IlzevanderMerwe,

authorofCape

Mediterranean.

ONION &

ROSEMARY

Z A’ATA R

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