Bara brith — tea-soaked fruit loaf
A spiced dried-fruit loaf softened by soaking the fruit in tea.
Active time10 min
Cooking1 h 15 min
Total10 hResting : 9 h
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Ingredients
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 350 g self-raising wheat flour
- 300 g mixed dried fruit for baking
- 200 g light brown sugar
- 3 g mixed spice for baking
- 250 ml hot strong brewed black tea
Preparation
Mix the dried fruit and sugar in a bowl. Pour in the hot tea, stir to dissolve the sugar, cover and soak for 480 minutes, overnight.
300 g mixed dried fruit for baking200 g light brown sugar250 ml hot strong brewed black tea- mixing bowl
- spoon
Let the butter soften. Preheat the oven to 160 °C. Line the loaf tin with baking paper. Stir the flour and spice into the undrained fruit. Beat the egg and mix it in with the softened butter until combined.
50 g unsalted butter1 egg350 g self-raising wheat flour3 g mixed spice for baking- oven
- 900 g loaf tin
- baking paper
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- spoon
Spoon the batter into the tin. Bake for about 75 minutes, until a knife inserted in the centre comes out without raw batter.
- oven
- 900 g loaf tin
- knife
Remove the tin with oven gloves. Let it settle, then turn out onto a rack. Allow about 60 minutes before slicing the cooled loaf.
- oven gloves
- wire rack
- knife
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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