Cheesy Garlic and Leek Quick Bread
This flavourful Cheesy Garlic and Leek Quick Bread is loaded with soft cooked leeks, garlic and sharp cheddar cheese. This bread requires no kneading, no rising, and it’s ready and on the table in about one hour.
Servings 1 loaf
Ingredients
Leek + Garlic Mixture:
- 2 fresh leeks cleaned and sliced (see tips above) (you should have about 1 cup cooked leeks total)
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Bread Ingredients:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 1/4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Topping:
- drizzle of olive oil
- 1 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp coarse salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large skillet over low-medium heat, add 1 - 2 tbsp olive oil. Then stir in the sliced fresh leeks and minced garlic.
- Sauté until the leeks are soft, then set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg.
- Whisk the slightly cooled melted butter into the buttermilk mixture. The add this mixture to the flour mixture, and gently combine. Don’t over mix the batter.
- Stir in the shredded cheese and cooled cooked leek mixture.
- Line a 9 x 5 baking tin with parchment paper, add the batter (it's more like a sticky dough), smoothing down the top.
- If you want to add the topping do that now. Just drizzle with olive oil then sprinkle on parmesan cheese and coarse salt.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the loaf comes out clean. The top of the loaf should be lightly golden brown.
- Let cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes, then remove the loaf to the rack.
- Serve warm.