Wild Nettle Bread recipe
Bread is one of my favorite things to make when I have the time and every spring, I try to make these Wild Nettle Bread rolls. When I make this bread, I tend to make a morning of it – I take a basket and some thick gloves and I pick some wild nettles. Once I bring them home, I pour boiling water over them to remove the sting. Once drained, I choose 6 big leaves for the top of the rolls and I discard the stems and chop the leaves. I always make these rolls to accompany my Wild garlic & nettle soup.
This recipe is quite easy to make too. It’s pretty straightforward two rise bread dough, with nettle leaves to add character and colour. Once the dough has risen for the second time, brush each of the rolls with beaten egg. Place a nettle leaf on top of each roll and brush again with the egg to ensure the leaf sticks. Bake in the oven and enjoy!
To make the Wild Nettle Bread, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Wild Nettle Bread
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1
Mix dry ingredients
2
Mix 1 teaspoon of yeast in a large bowl with 500 grams of strong white flour and a teaspoon of salt together in a large bowl.
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2
Add wet ingredients
5
Add 350 ml of warm water, 1 tablespoon of honey and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the chopped nettles and mix the ingredients together well to form a soft dough.
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3
Knead
10
Transfer the dough to a floured surface. Knead for 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.
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4
Leave to rise
2h
Oil a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil. Place the dough in the bowl. Cover and leave to rise for 2 hours until the dough has doubled in size.
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5
Make rolls
45m
Once the dough has doubled in size, divide into 6 balls and shape into rolls. Place them on a lightly greased and lined with parchment paper baking sheet. Cover the baking sheet with a tea towel and leave the rolls to rise for 45 minutes.
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6
Heat oven
Preheat oven to 390 °F.
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7
Decorate
3
Before baking, brush each roll with beaten egg. Place one of the nettle leaves on top of each roll. Brush with egg again to ensure the leaf sticks.
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8
Bake
35
Bake in the oven for about 35 minutes until golden on top and there is a hollow sound when you tap the bottom.
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9
Serve
These rolls taste wonderful served alongside large bowls of my wild garlic & nettle soup.
Recipe Reviews
This is really good with some cream cheese, better than bagels in my opinion.
Great recipe, thanks so much for sharing it with us will be making it again.
Amazingly good but sadly had to make it without the leaves cause the taste was over-baring.
Love making this bread, I make a bunch of tasty sandwiches with this.
Love the way this looks and taste can't get enough of the recipes on this site.
Nettle bread is alright but I prefer the pumpkin bread a lot more.
This is amazing, I love making this nettle bread and tossing some pickle relish on it along with cheese and tasty bacon.
I made this with small blueberries inside, it's my favorite bread of all time.
Ultra delicious and too cute to bare, I love all small things just like the flatbread too.
So soft and tasty with some melted butter, cream cheese and cheese.
Easier to make than expected, will be making it a lot more often.
Eating this in the morning with some orange juice is actually really filling.
Simple recipe if you follow the steps you won't need to worry about it coming out wrong.
Took a while to make this but it was alright, the leaves aren't too great though.
Can't wait to bake this to perfection all over again, so good.
I used almond milk instead and replaced a few other things to make it vegan friendly, loved it and the vegan banana bread too.
My kids love when I make this bread and use it to make PB&J for their lunches, thanks for sharing.
Nettle bread is good even plain, so happy with how this turned out.
I decided not to add any nettle leaves on the top but it was fantastic without them anyway.
Had this yesterday with butter and honey, it's sooo good.
It looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
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