Jamaican Hard Dough Bread

Name: Jamaican Hard Dough Bread
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 500g strong white bread flour; 3 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp salt; 7g instant yeast; 2 tbsp butter, softened; 300ml warm water

Hardo Bread/HARD-oh/

Also known as: Hardo, Hard Dough Bread

About this dish

A dense, slightly sweet white loaf with a tight crumb — Jamaica's everyday sandwich and toast bread.

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Ingredients

🌾500g strong white bread flour

🍬3 tbsp sugar

🧂1 tsp salt

🍞7g instant yeast

🧈2 tbsp butter, softened

🥛300ml warm water

Method

Serves 3

Mix the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl.

Add the butter and warm water and knead for 10 minutes into a firm, smooth dough.

Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour, until doubled.

Roll tightly into a log, place in a greased loaf tin and prove for 45 minutes.

Bake at 190°C for 30–35 minutes until golden and hollow-sounding underneath.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Hard dough bread ("hardo") came from Chinese-Jamaican bakers and is eaten with everything from patties to ackee and saltfish.

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