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Mix the flour, yeast and salt in a bowl, and 2 tbsp olive oil with 300ml hand-hot water, in a jug. Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients and mix to a smooth dough – first with a wooden spoon, then your hand. Knead the dough for 10 minutes until super-smooth and very elastic (or for 5 minutes in a stand mixer). Put back into your cleaned-out bowl, cover with oiled clingfilm and leave to rise at room temperature until doubled in size. Meanwhile, put the mozzarella balls in a sieve, break them into fine pieces and squeeze out as much water as you can. Leave in the sieve until the bread has risen. Put the mozzarella into a food processor with the butter, parmesan, garlic, parsley, basil, oregano and some seasoning. Whizz until smooth. To assemble the loaf, line the base and ends of a 900g loaf tin with one long strip of baking parchment. Using half of the dough at a time, roll out on a lightly floured surface until it stops shrinking back and is a big square, with each side roughly three times the width of your tin. Using kitchen scissors, cut the sheet of dough into 9 smaller squares – each square should be roughly the same size as the end of your loaf tin – roughly is the keyword, the rougher it is, the better the end result will be. Put aside a couple of tbsps of the garlic butter, then spread half of the rest over each piece of dough. Stack the pieces on top of each other like a tall sandwich, then lift into the tin so the stack is on its side – it should fill roughly half the length of the tin. Balance the tin against a jar or something, so the layers don’t fall apart and stay stacked at one end. Repeat with the other half of the dough,
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and lift the second stack carefully and sandwich it with the first to fill the tin. Sit the tin back on a flat surface, cover loosely with oiled clingfilm, and leave for 20-30 minutes at room temperature until the layers have started to rise out of the tin and puff. Heat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4. Bake the loaf for 40-45 minutes until the loaf has risen, golden and crispy on the top and sides. Brush the top with the remaining butter, or leave it for dunking when you serve the bread. Leave the loaf to cool for 30 minutes in the tin, then carefully lift out onto a board, and let everyone tear slices off.
FOR THE BRISKET: • 1kg piece of Well Hung Butcher brisket • 2 bay leaves • 4 peppercorns • 1 finely chopped onion • 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic • 2 grated or finely chopped carrots • 1 stalk celery, finely chopped • 1 large tin of tomatoes • 1 large glass of red wine • 500ml Shamba Culture beef bone broth • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce • 2 squares 90% Absolute Single Origin Congo dark chocolate to finish • salt and pepper to taste, parsley to garnish 1.
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Start with a smidgen of oil in your casserole dish or sufuria. Turn up the heat. Place your defrosted piece of brisket in and brown all over. Once browned, remove from the heat and add alittle bit of oil. Turn the heat to medium. Add your onions, followed by the garlic, carrot and celery, and allow to soften. Then add the brisket back in together with the wine. Reduce the wine and then pour in the beef broth or stock, tomatoes, and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a very gentle simmer and place the lid on. At this stage, you can keep it on the stove at a very low heat, or you can move it to the oven at 180°C. Leave to cook for around 4 hours, giving it a stir from time to time. After four hours, give everything some time to cool before removing the meat from the pan. Put it on a board, grab two strong forks, and shred the meat. Return the shredded meat to the pan with the sauce. As you warm it again, add in the chocolate for a glossy finish. Serve warm with a garnish of parsley.
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER NDUNG’U
FOR THE BREAD: • Twajenga whole wheat flour 500g, plus extra for dusting • Fast action yeast 7g sachet or 2 tsp • Salt 1½ tsp • Eliad olive oil • Brown’s mozzarella 2 x 125g balls • Brown’s unsalted butter 150g, softened • Brown’s Parmesan grated to make 3 tbsp • 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped • Flat-leaf parsley ½ small bunch stalks discarded • Basil leaves if you have some • Dried oregano 2 tsp
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