Bauer's Troll Mushroom Bread

As a family, we sat and talked about forrest trolls while researching healthy recipes for children, which have elements from the forrest.

We began to talk about the great illustrator John Bauer. He has made some amazing illustrations of forrest trolls and Scandinavian sagas. 

Your can see one here:

This could be a forrest troll, met by one of my children, making his way through the forrest.

I want to make a recipe that is integrated into a Scandinavian saga about a troll and a little boy, so I must start researching, which one would be suitable. 

I thought about a nice mushroom bread recipe.

I have recently been on a forrest walk with my children, where I was teaching them which mushrooms you can eat and which ones you cannot.

So lets get started on Bauer's Troll Mushroom Bread, by finding our elements.

Ingredients:

300g wholemeal flour

150g strong white flour

150g forrest mushrooms

1 sachet (7g) fast action bread yeast

2 tablespoons olive oil/ rapeseed oil

½ pint warm water

1 tablespoon pine nuts

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

1 tablespoon seaweed

Place the flours in a large bowl together with the yeast, olive oil, nuts, seaweed, mushrooms and warm water.  Mix to a dough adding a little bit more water or flour if necessary.  

Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead for 5-10 minutes, until smooth and elastic.  Leave in a warm place until it has doubled in size for about 30 minutes.

Turn out the dough and knead again for a few minutes. Lightly oil a 450g loaf tin or baking tray and shape the dough to fit the tin or make an oblong shape and place on the tray. Leave it for about 10 minutes.

Heat the oven to 220C and bake for 30-40 minutes until golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped underneath. Cool on a wire tray.

And now comes the fun part for my boys, eating the bread. Yum. 

But lets think of a good troll fairy tale that goes well with this recipe....