Australian bush bread with plum jam

AUTHOR
Leta Marks
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 500 g Flour
  • 1 package Baking Powder
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 2 TEASPOONS Sugar
  • 300 ml Milk
  • 2 TABLESPOONS neutral oil (e.g. rape seed oil)
  • baking paper
  • 1 kg Plums
  • 1 walnut-sized piece of ginger
  • 3 Cardamom Capsules
  • 500 g Gelling sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoons sugar. Add milk and oil. Knead to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the mixer. Let rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Line a baking tray with baking paper. Briefly knead the bread dough again, form it into a round loaf and place it on the baking tray.

  3. 3

    Cut the surface with a sharp knife in a diamond shape. Bake in a hot oven for about 45 minutes. Leave to cool.

  4. 4

    For the jam: Mix plums (washed, pitted and diced) with ginger (peeled and chopped), cardamom capsules and jam sugar in a large pot and leave to stand for about 1 hour.

  5. 5

    Bring the plum mix to the boil over a high heat, stirring constantly, and boil for about 4 minutes until it becomes bubbly. Remove cardamom. Pour jam into prepared twist-off jars, close and turn upside down for about 5 minutes.

  6. 6

    Let it cool down. Lasts 3-6 months.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
110 kcal
CARBS
19 g
FATS
2 g
PROTEINS
3 g