I've used Greek Coffee, and dried figs in this bread, but some how, I wouldn't really label this loaf as being "Greek", although I do cook a bit of Greek dishes and there are a lot of Greek influences in my food.
I read somewhere that Greek coffee is the finest and used in pastry, it can be quite nice, and dried figs is the type of snack that is always available at home.
Greek Coffee & Figs Loaf
250g dried figs
300ml water
1 tsp bi-carb soda
1.5 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
150g butter
150ml sour cream
2 tbsp Greek/Turkish coffee (medium roast, not dark roast)
3 cups of Self Raising Flour
Dice the figs and place figs and water in a small saucepan, bring it to boil and then take it away from heat. Add in the bi-carb soda and stir through, let it soften and cool to room temperature.
Meanwhile, cream butter with sugar, add in eggs, one by one.
Add the softened and cooled figs mixture to the butter and egg mixture. Stir in the sour cream.
Sift in coffee and flour.
Add to greased and lined loaf tin, bake in pre-heated 180C oven for 50minutes to an hour, or until skewer comes out clean.
It's a very easy recipe, and I actually used similar method making sticky date cakes so it's a blend of ingredients?
Pretty nice with a cup of Espresso (or Greek coffee) for brekky or afternoon tea....
Recap of the breakfast on Sunday... Our family tradition now as the children look forward to their pancakes....
So I made banana pancakes - big size ones yeah? Just good to have one each, although the 10 year old did ask for the second one! I normally make some syrup to go with pancakes, and the syrup I made was from half raw sugar, half white sugar, nashi quarters de-cored, added cinnemon and sherry.... Everyone loved it, the children even ate the pears... so hard to get them to eat fruits...
Recap for last Saturday's dinner, a quick Greek Style bake dish with sourdough and home made hummus dip. Layered grilled egg plant, skinless beef sausages marinated in cumin, clover, nutmeg poweders, oregano, parsley and mint. add on sundried tomatos and fetta cheese, a quick & easy dish, and the only hard work was grilling the egg plants...
Anyway, this is the never fail on me Sourdough.... lovely hummus dips as well.
