Bread wrap recipe

Yesterday evening we had one of our favourite dinners, pulled pork in homemade wraps. I originally got the recipe out of Paul Hollywood's Bread book. There are excellent recipes for all sorts of different breads and they've all come out well, which says a lot more about the book than my skills at baking!

The recipe is as follows:-

250g white bread flour

160ml cool water

5g salt

5g easy bake yeast

15g caster sugar

20g butter

Add the flour, salt, sugar and yeast to a bowl and rub the butter in. Add most of the water and mix with one hand, adding the remaining water as required to produce a smooth dough. Knead for 5-10 minutes, then place in a oiled bowl to rise for 90 minutes. Tip the dough onto a floured surface, knock back the dough and divide into six pieces. Roll into a circle and fry with a teaspoon of oil for a minute or two each side until lightly browned. 

My little helper has no fear and climbs up to help even though she can't walk yet!

To be honest although I have made them by hand, now I dump all the ingredients in the bread maker and leave on a knead and prove cycle. It takes all the time and effort out of kneading and rises beautifully. Then I just divide into six, roll them out and fry them. They taste amazing and the kids enjoy them. James pulled some spring onions out of the veg patch and along with some grated cheese and salad leaves they made a great accompaniment to the hoisin pork.

When I was in Crete I bought James a little set for making Greek coffee, there's a little copper cup with a brass handle that you set in the embers of a fire to boil the coffee. It works great on top of the woodburner and I made the wee man a hot chocolate and set it to heat and he loved it.

This weekend we've been varnishing the interior of the cabin. We have finally managed to do two coats of white in the smallest room and painted a coat of yacht varnish throughout the rest of the cabin. Next job is to treat and varnish all the floorboards, then we'll be able to put the insulation down and lay the floorboards.