cheese bread

We're busy unpacking our books at the moment, boxes and boxes of them... Last night I found my (very, very) old cheese book, "The Great International Cheese Board", which I bought many years ago at a non-descript pawn shop for R5, while on holiday in Natal.

Hidden in the back of this book, is the best cheese bread recipe I've ever found, and which I've baked so many times I can almost do it without the recipe. So here is the recipe, and a photo of last nights efforts...



Ingredients
1/2 (half) green pepper
1/2 (half) red pepper
1 onion
3 eggs
1 cup self-raising flour
100g butter (I use a little less, else it's just too oily)
200g grated cheese (I use cheddar most times, but this time I used gruyere, and it's fantastic)

Chop the peppers and onion into small pieces. Beat the eggs and butter until frothy, add the flour and then mix in all the other stuff. Add salt, pepper and paprika if you want. And then bake for 50 minutes at 190 degrees celsius.

Done! This makes one loaf, I usually do two at a time, it's about the same amount of work as making one. And, to make it even nicer, you can add some chopped bacon...