Name: Plaited loaf
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: serving
Cuisine: Accompaniment
Ingredients: 560.00 g flour all-purpose; 10.00 ml Superbake Instant Yeast; 5.00 ml salt; 75.00 ml butter or fat; 5.00 ml vinegar grape; 350.00 ml water tepid; 75.00 ml mayonnaise; 200.00 g ham thinly sliced; 410.00 g sauerkraut; 150.00 g gruyère cheese sliced; 1.00 eggs yolks only, whisked; caraway seeds

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Ingredients (12)

DOUGH

560.00 g	flour — all-purpose
10.00 ml	Superbake Instant Yeast
5.00 ml	salt
75.00 ml	butter — or fat
5.00 ml	vinegar — grape
350.00 ml	water — tepid

FILLING

75.00 ml	mayonnaise
200.00 g	ham — thinly sliced
410.00 g	sauerkraut
150.00 g	gruyère cheese — sliced
1.00	eggs — yolks only, whisked
	caraway seeds

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Method:

Combine the flour, instant yeast and salt in a mixing bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until well blended and add the vinegar. (Or knead in the butter after adding the lukewarm water and kneading the dough.) Mix and add enough lukewarm water to form a stiff dough. Mix well and knead for at least 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic and no longer clings to your hands. Cover and leave in a warm place for 10 minutes. Punch down the dough and roll out into a 350 x 300 mm rectangle. Place on a greased baking sheet about the same size.
Spread the centre third of the dough with the mayonnaise and arrange the slices of smoked beef or ham on top. Sprinkle with sauerkraut and cheese.
Cut the dough on either side of the filling into 25 mm horizontal strips, but do not cut the strips from the centre section. Starting at one end, fold a strip of dough over the filling. Lift the opposite strip and place over the strip oil the filling. Repeat with the remaining strips by folding a strip over the filling and then covering it with the opposite strip. Brush with whisked egg yolk and sprinkle with a little caraway seed. Leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk. Bake in a preheated oven at 190ºC (375ºF) for 45 minutes or until golden brown and baked through.
Makes a large loaf.