So I set about to bake a small batch of the gluten-free pitta breads following PaulHollywood’s recipe as used on the show, though without nigella seeds as I didn’t have any
Paul’s lion was a real work of art and “the best thing I’ve seen in bread…ever” said Mr Hollywood. A special commendation was given to Paul this week for his bread sculpture of a lion
Of course for the technical challenge it couldn't be anything except a PaulHollywood recipe. Crisp on the outside and filled with air holes on the inside, this Italian bread requires patience to make according to Paul
Other flavours that occurred include fine chopped rosemary, maybe with a bit of walnut rubble. So to make these crumpets, take a little magic dough from the fridge, or if you don’t have any of that, use a normal bread dough
Making bread for the bread master that is PaulHollywood to taste would have scared the pants off me, but I think that the contestants did a fabulous job
I might not be PaulHollywood (my hair isn’t grey and I don’t have. cake or loaf of bread. The only slightly tricky bit comes now when you have to knead the marzipan, almost as you would with a bread dough
Make the filling, cream together the butter and sugar until lighter and fluffy, then add the apricots (see notes), flour, raisins, walnuts and lemon zest
The recipe has long since disappeared from the Masterchef website so the recipe below constitutes my notes made from the telly, a little poetic license and a few tips filched from Dom at Belleau Kitchen (who in turn pilfered them from PaulHollywood
