Pesto, Olive & Cheese Quick Bread

Seedy no-yeast quick bread with red pesto, olives, capers, cheddar cheese and herbs!

Posted by Cat Morley

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It was Bread Week on the Great British Bake Off last week and their challenge was to make a quick bread with no yeast. I decided to top mine with pesto, olives, capers, seeds and cheese - it was so tasty, like a thick pizza bread.

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You Will Need (13 things)

  • 400 ml Soy Milk
  • 500 g Bread Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 4 tbsp Mixed Seeds
  • 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 200 g Cheddar Cheese
  • 50 g Olives plus a few extra to top
  • 50 g Capers
  • Dried Rosemary
  • Sea Salt
  • Pepper
  • 100 g Red Pesto

Steps (9 steps, 35 minutes)

  1. 1

    Whisk together the soy milk and lemon juice to create buttermilk and leave to stand for a few minutes.

  2. 2

    Place the flour, baking soda, salt and mixed seeds in your bread maker or you can do this by hand in a bowl.

  3. 3

    Grate in half of the cheese and add the olives and capers.

  4. 4

    Knead the bread, or leave your bread machine to do the work, until you form a thick dough.

  5. 5

    Shape the dough into a loaf and score two cuts along the top.

  6. 6

    Bake at 180'C for 20 minutes and then briefly remove from the oven.

  7. 7

    Top with red pesto, making sure to get lots in the slits.

  8. 8

    Grate the remaining cheese on top and the remaining olives and sprinkle with rosemary, sea salt, pepper and a few more mixed seeds.

  9. 9

    Bake for a further 12 minutes and enjoy!