Italian Recipes - Almond Tea Bread Recipe
Ingredients
75 g/3 oz/1/3 cup unsalted (sweet) butter
175 g/6 oz/3/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar
3 eggs, beaten
90 ml/6 tbsp warm milk
750 g/6 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt
15 g/1/2 oz/1 tbsp easy-blend dried yeast
100 g/4 oz/2/3 cup raisins
10 ml/2 tsp grated lemon rind
45 ml/3 tbsp melted unsalted (sweet) butter
90 ml/6 tbsp fine breadcrumbs
20 whole almonds
30 ml/2 tbsp icing (confectioners') sugar
Method:
Cream the butter and sugar together until light. Add the eggs and beat well. Stir in the milk.
Mix the flour, salt and yeast and beat again. Stir in the raisins and lemon rind. Cover and allow to rise for 1 hour until double in size.
Grease a large loaf tin (pan). Sprinkle with the breadcrumbs and arrange the almonds in the bottom of the tin.
Knead the dough and place in the prepared tin. Allow to rise for a further 30 minutes until it reaches the top of the tin.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for 25-30 minutes. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before removing from the tin.
Leave to cool on a wire rack and lightly sift icing sugar over the top.
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