Roquefort & Walnut Rolls

Recipe for: BREAD – ROQUEFORT & WALNUT ROLLS 

Ingredients: 

·        140g/ 5 oz walnuts

·        100g/ 4 oz wholemeal flour

·        400g/ 14 oz strong white flour

·        10g salt

·        14g fast-action yeast

·        25g/ 1 oz butter

·        300ml warm water

·        250g/ 9 oz Roquefort cheese, crumbled

·        2 medium eggs, beaten 

Method: 

1.      Chop the walnuts very finely

2.      In a large bowl put the flours, salt, yeast and butter and mix

3.      Add the water & mix to form a soft dough until comes together

4.      Tip dough onto a floured board and knead for 10 minutes

5.      Return to bowl, cover and leave to rise for an hour

6.      Take out the dough and knead in the chopped walnuts

7.      Put back in the bowl, cover and allow another 20 minutes to rise

8.      Tip dough out onto floured surface

9.      Roll out to rectangle 8” x 20”

10.   Sprinkle over the crumbled cheese & lightly press in

11.   Place rectangle widthways in front of you & roll up like a swiss roll

12.   Lightly oil a baking tray

13.   Cut dough into 8 pieces and place on tray, cut-side down

14.   Cover and allow to rise again for an hour

15.   Heat oven to 200C (fan)

16.   Brush each  round with egg and bake for 20 minutes

17.   Cool on a wire tray