Honey and Citrus Spiced Bread, Michalak-Style
What would a French Holiday Season be without a few slices of delicious Spiced Bread? Fragrant, sweet and comforting, it is simply a must. This recipe, by French Pastry Chef Michalak, combines sweet honey with bright citrus flavors, and is perfectly spiced. A pure pleasure! This Honey and Citrus Spiced bread truly stole my heart – but it is no surprise when you know its recipe was crafted by the mind of the talented Christophe Michalak. If you don’t know him yet, Christophe Michalak is a French pastry chef and…
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup (150g) of water
- 1/3 cup (60g) sugar
- ½ cup (160g) honey
- 3g four spices mix
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Zest of 2 limes
- Zest of 1 orange
- 4g star anis
- 6.5 (95g) tbsp butter
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 ¼ cup 150g flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
Instructions
- 1
In a sauce pan, bring the water to a boil with the sugar, salt and honey. Add in the four-spice mix, the star anise and the zests. Add in the butter and let it melt. Remove from the heat, cover with a lid and let infuse for 20 minutes.
- 2
In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- 3
Preheat your oven to 350C
- 4
Poor your honey mix through a filter/mesh (to discard of the zest and spices).
- 5
Slowly pour the honey mix into the flour mix and start whisking until you reach a smooth batter.
- 6
Grease a loaf pan and pour in the batter (it should be a liquidish batter)
- 7
Bake for 40 minutes.
- 8
Take out of the oven and let cool to room temperature on a cooling rack.