Ham and Goat Cheese Bread
Ingredients
- 8 oz. fresh (not aged or feta) goat cheese
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp. Creole mustard
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 lb. smoked ham, finely chopped.
- Generous pinch cayenne
- 3 cups unsifted self-rising flour
Instructions
- 1
Combine the goat cheese and cream cheese in the bowl of a mixer, and mix until fluffy.
- 2
Add the eggs, one at a time, while the mixer is running. Wait until the mixture is smooth before adding the next egg. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as you go.
- 3
Gradually add the buttermilk, mustard, salt, and cayenne, and mix till completely blended.
- 4
Remove the bowl from the mixer. Fold in the ham, and then add the flour. Mix the flour in with a wooden spoon to make what will be a very wet dough.
- 5
Spoon the dough into buttered muffin tins, filling to just below the top. Or put the dough into a buttered 9"x5"x3" loaf pan.
- 6
Bake the muffins at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, or until puffed and brown. If making a loaf, lower the heat to 350 degrees and bake for one hour.
- 7
Let the loaf cool completely before attempting to slice. Refrigerate or freeze any unused part of the loaf.