Stilton & Walnut Bread

100 g strong white flour plus extra dusting

400 g wholemeal flour

10 g tsp salt

20 g yeast

50 ml butter

300 ml water

100 g stilton cheese, crumbled

125 g walnut, chopped

Put the flour, salt, yeast and butter in a large bowl.  Add the water, a little at a time, and gradually incorporate all the flour from the sides of the bowl.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and pliable.  Put the dough back in the bowl a and leave to rise for 1 hour. 

Line a baking tray.  Add the stilton cheese and walnut to the dough and mix well together.  Divide the dough into three pieces and roll each one into a long sausage.  Plait the dough  – place the three strips side by side and join them at the top, then bring the right strip over the middle strip, then the left strip over, and continue until the plait is complete.   Place on the baking tray and leave to rise for 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 230c/ gas 8.   Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until golden brown, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

100 great bread Paul Hollywood