Banana orange bread

Povitica

• 125 GRAM WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR
• 125 GRAM SELF RAISING FLOUR
• 70 GRAM CASHEW NUTS, chopped
• 1/2 TSP CINNAMON
• 1/2 TSP NUTMEG, grated
• PIECE OF GINGERROOT, grated
• 2 BANANAS, mashed
• 1 EGG
• 1 TBSP HONEY
• JUICE AND RIND FROM 2 ORANGES

• 500 GRAM FLOUR
• 250 GRAM MILK
• 150 GRAM SUGAR
• 2 TSP SALT
• 2 TSP YEAST
• 3 EGGS
• 1 CAN CONDENSED MILK
• 100 GRAM WALNUTS, chopped
• 100 GRAM BUTTER
• 1 TBSP CACAO

Put the flour, milk, yeast, salt, 75 gram sugar and 1 egg together and knead for ten minutes and allow it to rise one hour. In the mean time, bring butter with the remaining sugar, the condensed milk and the cacao slowly to the boil. Add the 2 eggs and the walnuts and heat slowly while stirring well until it thickens. Roll the dough out to a thin rectangle and spread the nut mixture on top. Roll up the dough and put it in a bread pan. Allow it to rise another hour; bake 40 minutes at 170 degrees Celsius.

This is a Polish recipe. On 11 November 1918, Poland became independent  after being split for 123 years by Austria, Hungary, Russia and Germany. Józef Pilsudski took power. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and historical events.