Recipe#970
Title: Chile Cheese
From: "Ian Cummings" cummings@neca.comNewsgroups: rec.food.baking
Subject: Green Chili Cheese Bread
Date: 13 Apr 1997 16:44:10 GMT
Message-ID: <01bc4842$3e454620$7bfad5cc@cummings.neca.com>
Green Chili Cheese Bread
I recently undertook a project to recreate the bread with myautomatic breadmaker. I have finally succeeded (several tries).
The recipe below uses the canned ortega chilis and requires that
you understand your breadmaker well enough to be able to add the
cheese in 1 inch by 1 inch chunks just before it enters the rising
phase (I suggest 2 minutes before the rising while it does the
final kneading process, try a regular loaf well so you know when
the time is right). This is critical as you want to end up with
a bread with baked chunks of cheese "floating" in the white bread
itself with the chilis evenly distributed.
My breadmaker is the usual size and this works
to make an 8 inch by 8 inch round (guess):
1.5 tsp yeast
2 cups baking flour (white)
1/3 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp melted margerine
2/3 cups milk (warmed)
1/2 to 2/3 pound sharp cheddar, room temp cut into 1 inch squares
1 small can Ortega diced green chilis, drained
Place the dry ingredients in first, then the liquids. Put the
chilis in at about half way through the first kneading. Add a
tablespoon of extra flour at a time until the bread is the proper
consistency (the moisture in the green chilis will make this
necessary).
As described above, add the cheddar cheese around 90-120 sec before
the machine shifts to rising mode. I usually add an extra tablespoon
or so of flour to get the cheese into the bread.
In my machine I usually have to pull the loaf out at the end of
baking to put it into the regular oven for 5 to 10 minutes extra
at 350 degrees to get the top medium brown (maybe the extra cheese,
etc. makes this necessary, not sure).
You may need to tweak the recipe for your particular machine or
manual method as necessary. You may gain a few pounds in the
experimentation but it will be fun!