Fig & Serrano ham picnic bread

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Ingredients

500g pack bread

15 sage leaves, 5 finely

edded, the rest left whole

4 tbsp good-quality olive oil

2 garlic cloves, crushed

plain flour

4-5 fresh figs

½ onion

100g serrano ham slices

flaky sea salt, for sprinkling

Prep: 30 MINS
Cook: 30 MINS

Method

1)Tip the bread mix into a large mixing bowl with the shredded sage and 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper.

Put 2 tbsp of the oil and the garlic in a jug with the amount of water stated on the bread mix pack.

Stir the liquid into the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon, then bring the dough together with your hands and knead for 5 mins on a floured surface until smooth.

Return to the mixing bowl, cover with oiled cling film and leave to rise until doubled in size.

2)Punch the dough a few times to knock out the air, then divide into 8 portions.

Roll each to a flattish bap shape on a lightly floured surface and arrange in a roughly 20 x 30cm roasting tin.

Toss the whole sage leaves, figs, onion and ham with 1 tbsp of the oil, then scatter these over the top.

Use your fingers to press the toppings into the bread a little, and spread the bread to fill any gaps.

Cover loosely with oiled cling film and leave to rise for 20 mins until it has puffed up.

3)Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.

Drizzle over the remaining oil, sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper, and bake.

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