Recipe: Beer, Bacon and Cheddar Bread

Ingredients:

• 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1 egg
• 1 stubbie of your favourite beer (340ml)
• 3 rashes of pasture fed bacon
• 3/4 cup of grated cheddar cheese

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
• Thoroughly grease a bread/loaf pan.
• Cook the bacon in a frying pan over medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
• Lightly beat egg and honey, then pour onto flour mixture and mix with wooden spoon.
• Add beer and mix the batter.  Add bacon and cheese and fold through batter.
• Spread batter evenly into loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes.  Test with a skewer to ensure cooked through.
• Allow the bread to cook in the tin for 5 minutes and then turn out onto wire rack.
• Cool for 10 minutes before cutting.