Hot Cross Buns – make them cheesy this Easter
Yarg has a low melting point so is the ideal cheese to crumble into bread, scone and biscuit doughs.
Traditionalists, look the other way please, because this Easter, we’ll be eschewing the fruit and spices and adding Cornish Yarg and Parmesan to our Hot Cross Buns. Here’s how…
- 700g strong bread flour, plus extra 5 tbsp for crosses and dusting
- 3 x 7g sachets fast-action dried yeast
- 500ml warm whole milk
- 140g Cornish Yarg, well crumbled
- 5 tsps Parmesan
- Mix flour, yeast and 2 tsp salt in a big bowl. Make a well in the centre, pour in milk, mix with a wooden spoon, then your hands, to a soft dough. Knead for 10 mins, then put back in the bowl. Lightly cover with oiled cling film and leave somewhere warm-ish until doubled in size.
- Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead in most of the cheese. Dust a large, flat baking sheet with flour. Shape the dough into 12 round buns and arrange on the sheet with a 2-3cm gap between each. Loosely cover with another sheet of lightly oiled cling film and leave to prove until nearly doubled in size.
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Mix the 5 tbsp flour for the crosses with the Parmesan and 5 tbsp water. Spoon into a disposable piping bag and pipe a line along each row of buns, then repeat in the other direction to make crosses. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden.
