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Zucchini, peppadew and feta bread

by Jeanne Horak on November 2, 2008 13 Comments in Baking (savoury), Good cause, NaBloPoMo 2008, Vegetarian

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Question: what does a self-confessed non-baker bake when she’s required to bake bread for a worthy cause?

Answer:  something quick, nutritious, and delicious that reminds her a little of home.  And did I mention quick?

Now most traditional leavened breads use yeast as a rising agent, and my problem with yeast is that it takes time.  Time (and skill!) for hand-kneading the dough, and resting time for the yeast organisms to ferment the carbohydrates in the flour (and sugar) and release the carbon dioxide that makes the bread light and fluffy.

But it’s also possible to make bread rise in other ways, such as adding baking powder or beer (which already contains handy carbon dioxide bubbles!).  Or in the case of most quick breads, using baking soda together with an acidic ingredient such as buttermilk.  The reaction between the acid and the baking soda also creates carbon dioxide to make the bread light and fluffy – and the bonus is that this release of gas starts immediately!  No mess, no fuss – and more importantly, no waiting for impatient people like me 😉

I didn’t have to look much further for a recip than my Google bookmarks folder.  Closet Cooking is a site that I’ve only been following for a few months but I find myself bookmarking more of Kevin’s recipes than any other site’s.  Not only does he post mouth-watering photos, but he also posts recipes that seem so achievable that you are tempted to try almost all of them.  I bookmarked his zucchini bread as soon as I saw it, and here I have made a few slight adaptations to the recipe, such as using South African peppadews instead of roasted peppers; changing the ratio of wholewheat to white flour; and adding thyme and linseeds.

The loaf turned out beautifully, with a crunchy crust and a deliciously moist crumb, speckled with red, green and white.  The peppadews really give a bit of spicy zing to the bread, and how can anybody resist feta in bread?  It’s not only delicious fresh from the oven or toasted with butter, but also makes a great open toastie, spread with pesto and topped with tomatoes and cheese.  Thanks Kevin!

Before we get to the all-important recipe, here’s the reason why I was baking.  I have mentioned it before, but the message is important, so it’s worth explaining again:BreadlineAfrica

Breadline Africa is a charity close to my heart because it is a South African-based charity that is seeking to put a lasting end to poverty South Africa (and further afield in Africa) by breaking the cycle of poverty and helping comunities to achieve long-term self-sustainability.  Breadline Africa was founded in 1993 when a group of community and social workers in South Africa (who had first-hand knowledge of the uniquely African problems that they faced) formed an alliance with like-minded colleagues in Europe (who were well-placed to source donations in valuable foreign currency).  Armed with this unique combination of skills, Breadline Africa has been able to raise funds in Europe and use their local knowledge to identify which small, ground-level projects in Africa are most likely to succeed with a financial boost.

On Blog Action Day, Breadline Africa launched their Worldwide Blogger Bake-Off campaign.  The aim is to raise $1 million in funds for a project to convert shipping containers into locations for food production and distribution in Africa.  It is hoped that these sustainable commnity kitchens will not only provide food such as bread and soup to those in need, but also opportunities for skills development within poor communities.

So how does the Breadline Africa Worldwide Blogger Bake Off Campaign work?

Quite simply: bake bread, give dough. You can sign up for the campaign, make a donation, upload your bread recipes and document your culinary adventures in the media centre to spread the word. Bloggers can go even further by downloading the Blogger Bake-off widget and tagging five other bloggers to do the same – which I have done.  My five tagged bloggers are:

  • Charlotte of Charlotte’s Web (here’s her Afro-Teutonic bread)
  • Ash of Ash in Amsterdam
  • Johanna of The Passionate Cook
  • Elra of Elra’s Baking
  • Deeba of Passionate About Baking (here’s her Moroccan holiday bread)

There are various ways for you to get involved once you’ve joined the campaign, and you don’t need a blog to participate. You can:

  • Submit your bread baking recipe
  • Make a donation to Breadline Africa
  • Vote for your favourite bread recipe that’s been submitted
  • Bake a loaf of bread and blog about it
  • Bake many loaves of bread and host a bake sale to raise money

Categories in which you can vote for a bread recipe are:

  • Most Nutritious
  • Most Unusual
  • Best Traditional Recipe

Every donation goes towards the $1 million target, and if you spearhead the most donations (still trying to get clarification on the mechanics of this opaque statement from the organisers!), you earn the honour of having a container kitchen in Africa named after you! Plus you will receive an Amazon voucher of $500. The winners with the most votes in each bread recipe category will receive $250 in Amazon vouchers each.

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ZUCCHINI, PEPPADEW AND FETA BREAD

Ingredients:

1 large grated zucchini
1/2 a cup of peppadews, drained and chopped
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp thyme
2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
2 eggs
1 cup wholewheat flour
1/2 cup plain white flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp golden linseeds (or seeds of your choice)

Method:

Grease a small loaf tin and pre-heat the oven to 180C.

Mix the grated zucchini, peppadews, garlic, feta, vinegar, oil and eggs in a large bowl.

Mix the flour salt, baking soda, baking powder and herbs in another bowl and then stir this into the zucchini mix.

Pour the batter into your greased loaf tin and sprinkle generously with linseeds.  Bake for about an hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Allow to cool on a rack for about 10 minutes before removing from the tin.  Allow to cool for another half an hour or so before slicing, otherwise you risk the bread disintegrating rather than slicing!

Follow me every day in November as I complete National Blog Posting Month – a post a day, every day, for 30 days!

More quick breads on the blogs:

Elise of Simply Recipes made pumpkin bread

Susan from Foodblogga made banana coconut & almond bread

Gretchen from Canela y Comino made lime poppyseed bread

Ivy from Kopiaste made eliosomo olive bread

Rosemary of Homemade Heaven made wholewheat soda bread

 

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  1. courtney says

    November 2, 2008 at 5:35 pm

    Great bread and cause. I love the use pappadews. A post a day? Your good!

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  2. Manggy says

    November 2, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    Sounds like a wonderful cause, Jeanne. I hope I’ll be able to contribute something. On the subject of breadbaking, I seem to be slipping downhill there– or maybe my yeast is dying or something! Arrh, anyway, nothing seems to go exactly right when I make bread.
    Kevin’s site rocks, doesn’t it? The bread looks really satisfying and delicious!

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  3. Bellini Valli says

    November 2, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    A fragrant bread for a worhty cause Jeanne:D

    Reply
  4. nina says

    November 3, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    Thx for bringing this to my attention. I will definitely join and bake something…. Great flavors, Jeanne!

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  5. grace says

    November 3, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    i do love a good quick bread, and this certainly falls into that category! it’s beautiful, and a perfect contribution to the campaign. 🙂

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  6. [eatingclub] vancouver || js says

    November 4, 2008 at 5:56 am

    This bread looks yummy, but pray forgive my ignorance, what are peppadews? From the looks of it, they look a lot like roasted peppers.

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  7. Rosemary says

    November 4, 2008 at 10:23 am

    Going to have to add this to my breads to make list.

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  8. Kevin says

    November 5, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Your savoury zucchini bread looks great! I like the use of the seeds and the peppadews sound good as well.

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  9. Elizabeth says

    November 7, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    That looks really good, Jeanne! But you really shouldn’t be so wary of making bread with yeast! As Julia Child said about the time required, “But you’re not standing around holding it by the hand all this time”.
    Have you tried making the NYTimes no-knead bread? I have pretty much ignored it as a fad until recently when my brother-in-law (who has never baked bread) emailed photos of his thrilling success. He says it is fabulous.
    Tony Tahhan – the same Tony who made those lovely witch hat ravioli – did a post about making no-knead bread (look for “Divine Culinary Intervention” on his site) and it does look awfully good. It might be perfect for the Blogger Bake Off.
    -Elizabeth
    P.S. Thank you for telling us about the Blogger Bake Off. I signed up as an “individual”, affiliating myself with Breadline Africa blog, before realizing that I would not be able to upload any recipes to the site. (It seems that they’re still working out a few kinks in the registration process.)

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  10. Tamsin says

    November 19, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    Hi there.
    Apologies for a very belated word of thanks from us here at Breadline Africa. As you can imagine this time of year is hectic and we’re busy organising our annual seaside party for 800 children. Fun fun!
    Thanks so much for joining the Blogger Bake Off and posting your recipe – yum!
    We’ve got some great projects lined up that will benefit from the money raised so please keep in touch and check out our blog http://www.breadlineafrica.org for more updates.
    Happy baking – and posting! (One post per month is dedication).
    Cheers,
    Tamsin – Breadline Africa

    Reply
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