Kumara
Apparently it is the Maori word for sweet potato. Sweet potato bread... yum... I definitely wanted to make it.
I'm watching a series from New Zealand and in it they made reference to a bread ... which I thought they called Kuma.... but maybe it was their accent that threw me off or I just didn't hear it correctly... so I was busy looking it up to see if I could find it.
This is the closest thing I could find that sounded anything similar and was still a yeasted bread.
It also has a lot of Rosemary in it... better still..
However the recipe gave me grief as the amount of liquid plus the potato puree made it far too wet and I had to add a lot more flour to get it right.
By then I thought it wouldn't work at all, or it would be quite bland tasting if it ever did make a loaf of edible bread.
Not so on either count.... it finally became two cute little loaves and tastes very nice.
A firm crust and a nice tight crumb... quite nice actually.
It doesn't toast up very dark before the crust gets too toasty though... so is a bit pale. However it is still nice toast. And, I do love my toast.
It had quite a lot of sweet potato in it at 300 g, but the bread is not sweet .. mostly the taste of the Rosemary comes though as prominent...
Next time...I may add some honey to give it a bit of sweetness... and, I'll begin with a lot less water too.... live and learn with recipes... but at least it has redeeming features this time.
here is the link if anybody wants to give it a go or use the recipe as a guideline.. remember that when it says 'add a bit more flour" ... it means plenty. So perhaps go with less water and then.. add more if it is too dry with your flour...it is cups and not weights so it messes with things anyway....
Kumara
Apparently it is the Maori word for sweet potato. Sweet potato bread... yum... I definitely wanted to make it.
I'm watching a series from New Zealand and in it they made reference to a bread ... which I thought they called Kuma.... but maybe it was their accent that threw me off or I just didn't hear it correctly... so I was busy looking it up to see if I could find it.
This is the closest thing I could find that sounded anything similar and was still a yeasted bread.
It also has a lot of Rosemary in it... better still..
However the recipe gave me grief as the amount of liquid plus the potato puree made it far too wet and I had to add a lot more flour to get it right.
By then I thought it wouldn't work at all, or it would be quite bland tasting if it ever did make a loaf of edible bread.
Not so on either count.... it finally became two cute little loaves and tastes very nice.
A firm crust and a nice tight crumb... quite nice actually.
It doesn't toast up very dark before the crust gets too toasty though... so is a bit pale. However it is still nice toast. And, I do love my toast.
It had quite a lot of sweet potato in it at 300 g, but the bread is not sweet .. mostly the taste of the Rosemary comes though as prominent...
Next time...I may add some honey to give it a bit of sweetness... and, I'll begin with a lot less water too.... live and learn with recipes... but at least it has redeeming features this time.
here is the link if anybody wants to give it a go or use the recipe as a guideline.. remember that when it says 'add a bit more flour" ... it means plenty. So perhaps go with less water and then.. add more if it is too dry with your flour...it is cups and not weights so it messes with things anyway....