Savory Quickbread with Olive, Lemon, Thyme, and Goat Cheese
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Author Notes: A simple quick bread with great flavor. - apartmentcooker - apartmentcooker
Food52 Review: Apartmentcooker’s savory quick bread boasts some deliciously robust flavors—lots of briny olives, a generous amount of lemon zest, and a healthy dose of black pepper, which gives the bread a subtle heat. I really liked the bread as is but for those with more timid palates, I suggest using a milder olive (I used Kalamata and Nicoise olives) and decreasing the amount of pepper. The bread emerges from the oven moist and with a tender crumb. It comes together quickly, and no fancy equipment—not even a mixer—is required. We enjoyed slices as an afternoon snack and toasted, with a schmear of cream cheese, for breakfast. - cookinginvictoria
Makes 1 loaf
- 1 cup milk
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 3 tablespoons lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped thyme
- 3/4 cup olives (kalamata work well), roughly chopped
- 1 cup goat cheese, crumbled
- In a medium bowl, whisk the milk, olive oil, and egg to combine.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, zest, and thyme together until combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix just to combine.
- Gently fold in the olives and goat cheese until fully incorporated. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30-40 minutes.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Citrus & Olives
Tags: goat cheese, lemon, olives, quick bread, thyme
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over 2 years ago eternalgradstudent
This is so good!! I made it for dinner, to be eaten with the extra olives, and some pepper frischkaese that I had in the fridge. Only problem I had was that I don't have a loaf pan, but I baked it in a casserole dish, and it came out more like a really moist foccacia. I hope I can restrain myself from eating the whole pan :)
over 2 years ago apartmentcooker
Cool - I really like the idea of baking it in a casserole dish! You could speckle it with the olives on top too, which would be pretty! Thanks for the idea!!
over 2 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
We must have been on mind meld. I bought ingredients yesterday with almost exactly the same thing in mind. I bet it's delicious!
over 2 years ago apartmentcooker
Whoa, freaky! I want to try yours now!!
over 2 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Maybe I'll make it later in the week...I definitely want to try yours!