Chipotle bread – Living leaner
Cranberry chipotle bread
I peer into the oven, a little worried that my bread will not be coming out as I had intended it to. Hmm, still undercooked. I close the door again, busy myself with cleaning the kitchen after having made quite a bit of a mess doing various dishes at the same time. Open the door of the oven again, just a crack and it’s starting to look better.
When I saw the recipe for a Jalapeno cranberry skillet bread on E-curry by my good friend Soma just this morning, I just knew I had to try this one. It looked so good and it looked so pretty too on Soma’s photos! Ofcourse I did not have a skillet so I figured in terms of cast iron it was either my Dutch oven or my aebleskiver pan. Now the latter would have been a very interesting experiment but I will leave that one for another time… Although mmm, while I’m writing this all sort of ideas pop into my head how I can make mini buns this way! Oooo, next on the to do list!
In the end baking the bread in the Dutch oven did work out but it was difficult getting it out in one piece since it was a little bit stuck to the bottom so I had to cut it in two. Still not a bad effort for my first skillet pan. This is also fitting nicely into the budget for Living Leaner, the challenge setup by my good friend Mona. I actually had this bread together with those pretty pears you saw earlier and miraculously managed to stay below the 10 euro. I didn’t think I would be able to make it but I did.
So what did I pay? I obviously had some stuff in the fridge and cupboard that I used otherwise I would never have made it, but still. I bought extra for both the pears and the bread the following item.
- One bottle of red wine € 2,99
- 100 gr ham € 2,29
- 100 gr spanish salami € 2,50
- 1 kilo pears € 1,10
Out of stock I used a lot as I had all the ingredients for this bread in house. Flour, cilantro, dried cranberries, milk and butter. The original recipe called for cornflour which I did not have so I used all purpose flour instead. It also called for jalapeno peppers which I substituted for some chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce I had also leftover from another recipe. So I do feel a little bit like cheating as I had so much still in house, but on the other hand, that’s what it’s all about also right? Using up the things we have leftover.
The meats are gonna be used to be put on the bread, together with some grilled courgette (also leftovers in the fridge). I probably have some roasted peppers and pesto lying around still plus cheese leftovers… and I might find some other things that need to be eaten! This is actually the most expensive meal as all the other meals we had sofar for the living leaner challenge were good for two days and have only set us back less then 5 euro’s a day.
So all in all not bad, and I’ve made some great and easy recipes in the process that are definitely going to be made again!
Chipotle bread
Yield: 4
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 150 gr all purpose flour
- 1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce
- 2 tbsp fresh coriander
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 2 tbsp of honey
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- 150 ml milk
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Directions:
- I used a small Dutch Oven to bake this bread. A 20 cm pan makes about 1 fairly flat bread.
- Preheat the oven to 200 C.
- In a bowl, sift the all purpose flour with baking powder, black pepper and salt.
- Pound the chipotle and the fresh cilantro/coriander leaves until it is coarse paste.
- Add the cranberries to the flour and toss for them to be coated.
- Whisk the milk, honey and eggs in a different bowl and stir in lightly with the flour mix. Add the paste of chipotle and cilantro/coriander. Add the melted butter and stir just until blended.
- Add 1/2 tablespoon oil to the Dutch oven and heat the pan over the stove top or in the oven until the oil shimmer and is really hot. When the dough is added to this, it should sizzle loud.
- Remove pan from the stove top or the oven and scrape half of the batter into the hot pan. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake for about 15-20 minutes, or until the center springs back when gently pressed. The bread should be golden brown and crispy at the edges.
- Turn the bread out onto a rack to cool and slice only when cooled.
Recipe adapted from Ecurry
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I love this recipe Simone. We make a Jalapeño and cheddar skillet bread (in our cast iron pan) and it barely makes it out of the oven. I think the combo of berry and pepper would work very well with your recipe and love love love anything in adobo sauce :0) Well done on the price too. Sometimes it is all about using up what you have in a very inventive way!
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Simone (junglefrog) — November 15th, 2011 at 13:23
I gotta say that your jalapeno and cheddar bread sounds pretty good to me too. I still got some chipotle peppers left so I think I will be making this again soon. So easy too!
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Scrumptious! I love the flavors you used.
Cheers,
Rosa
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Simone (junglefrog) — November 15th, 2011 at 13:23
Thanks Rosa!
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Hi Simone!
I love your snaps, makes me want your little wonder now. great recipe thank u for sharing. =)
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Simone (junglefrog) — November 15th, 2011 at 13:23
Thanks Helene. Unfortunately it is all gone…
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Oh my…….*spinning around in circles wondering where to get some chipotle chillies in adobo sauce from* this looks like MY kind of bread…..fantastic recipe. Stunning photos! Thank you for sharing….xx
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Simone (junglefrog) — November 15th, 2011 at 13:24
Haha… and it is so easy to make Colleen! The original recipe has jalapeno peppers in it, which sounds great too but I can never find those and still had the chipotle leftover..
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I love making quick bread and your version sounds great: that combination of cranberries and chili is genius!
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Simone I am going to have to try your version and in a skillet. It looks as pretty as a Christmas bread!! I never though of doing an all flour bread in a skillet, but yours worked (well may not be skillet, but similar)!!. (I think it was stuck as it was only flour.. the grainy cornflour probably makes it easier to get it off the pan.) Lovely light airy photographs and thanks for the mention my friend . xo
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Oooh – when I RT’d this morning I did not even notice the cranberries! A whole lot of my favourite flavours in one bread
I always have some chipotles in adobo tucked away in a cupboard – one of my favourite things to add to recipes. Like you, I have also never made skillet bread – but I do have a skillet so I need to give it a go 
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Awesome recipe Simone………..I’m gonna steal it very soon. Pictures are driving me crazy.
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Soepkipje — November 15th, 2011 at 20:47
“I peer into the oven, a little worried that my bread will not be coming out as I had intended it to. Hmm, still undercooked. I close the door again”…….had dat nou maar niet gedaan, dan was het resultaat beter geweest. Maar mooie foto’s en ziet er lekker uit!!….Op mijn to-do-list!!
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This must have been really yummy to eat.Love the lookof your blog.Gave you a few clicks:)
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Apart from the chipotle… Lovely Bread!
And I love your pictures!!
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The bread looks absolutely delicious and your photo are as usual simply stunning!
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Now I have to try this too!
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interesting recipe ! looks fabulous
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You’ve inspired me again with the living leaner concept! I need to make better use of all the odds and ends in my pantry. I love the look of the cranberries in this bread!
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Simone (junglefrog) — November 19th, 2011 at 11:46
Thanks Lisa. I was a little worried the cranberries would not come out nicely, since they were dried but they were really tasty!
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The bread looks great.
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Simone (junglefrog) — November 19th, 2011 at 11:45
Thanks Joy. It was!
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I love how you improvised with what you had on hand,especially the chipotles, and turned out a different take on a fantastic bread. It looks wonderful, Simone! What a great idea for a challenge, although it’s always so hard for me to bake or cook lean…some kind of weird gene mutation, I think. I’m dying to try this bread with dried cherries, and of course, your awesome cupboard sub, chipotles!
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Simone (junglefrog) — November 19th, 2011 at 11:45
I think the chipotles really worked well in this recipe and I still have more left. They’re so incredibly spicy that using one if really more then sufficient…
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