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Bacon and Stilton Loaf

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Course Bread

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups white bread flour (I used regular since that's all I had. It worked fine)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1½ tablespoons instant yeast
  • 1½ teaspoons salt
  • 4 ounces Stilton cheese, crumbled
  • 4 ounces chopped and fried bacon (the weight is AFTER cooking)

Instructions
 

The night before:

  • Put 3/4 cups of the flour, 1/2 cup of the water, and yeast in a bowl and mix well. Beat for 5 minutes. Let rise in a warm place overnight.

The next day:

  • The dough will be fermented and smell a bit like beer. It will look like a thick gluey mixture.
  • Add the remaining flour, water, and salt. Mix until you have a nice, cohesive dough. Knead for five minutes.
  • Let rest for 30 minutes.
  • Divide the dough in two. Split the bacon and stilton and add to each of the pieces of dough, then shape into circles and place place on a lined baking sheet.
  • Let dough prove for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Dust loaves with flour and bake 30 minutes.
  • Let cool on a wire rack.