Potbrood

Potbrood is a bread loaf baked in a flat bottomed cast iron pot over open coals of a braai – pot bread. This bread is a regular accompaniment to a braai or barbecue, baked over a part of the braai where the coals are not too hot.

Ingredients:

2 eggs

325ml buttermilk

2 litres basic bread ready-mix

Method:

Beat together the eggs and buttermilk. Add to the basic bread ready-mix in a large bowl and mix to a dough. Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic. Shape into a ball and place it in a greased, flat bottomed cast iron pot, leaving room around the sides of the dough ball for expansion. Place the pot with the lid on among moderate coals, putting a few coals on top of the lid. Bake the loaf for about 45 minutes. To test for readiness, knock on the top of the loaf – it should sound hollow.