Chocolate-Strawberry Bread Mediterranean Style
"This bread also includes dates and pistachios, which is why I called it Mediterranean style. All the flavors are there and seem to compliment each other making a mild tasting bread."
photo by Pamela
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 loaf
ingredients
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, chopped coarsely
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar, divided
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 1⁄4 cup plain yogurt
- 1⁄4 cup pistachio nut, chopped finely
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup dates, chopped
- 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, melted
directions
- Add 1/8 C of the sugar to the strawberries and let stand while combining other ingredients.
- Beat the remaining sugar, eggs, oil, and yogurt together.
- Stir in the pistachio nuts - I ground mine almost to a powder in the food processor.
- Sift together the flour, soda, salt and cinnamon and stir into the sugar mixture.
- Stir in the vanilla, dates and the standing strawberries with any juice.
- Lastly, stir in the melted chocolate.
- Pour the mixture into a loaf pan sprayed with non-stick spray.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
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Reviews
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I used splenda baking blend and baked in a 9 inch round pan. It was done in 35 min. It is a dry sort of bread not moist like usual fruit breads. I am not sure if it is because of the changes I made. But I will not be making this again. -
A lovely, moist tea bread where none of the ingredients overwhelm each other but rather compliment each other. Since I am on a low cholesterol diet, I had to substitute 1/2 cup cholesterol-free liquid egg for the eggs and instead of using a square of chocolate, I blended together 3 tbsp. of cocoa with an extra tablespoon of vegetable oil but none of this detracted from the taste. My husband loved it! I will definitely make this again. -
A critical test team consisting of 1 Italian, 7 Swiss and 1 from Holland tasted this chocolate-strawberry bread. The overall opinion was three stars. The opinions differed considerably: from two to five stars. -
Delicious!
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What a creative use of the contest ingredients. I made this as directed but I felt it could have used more chocolate to enhance to flavour. Thanks for posting and good luck in the contest!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Trisha W
Fernandina Beach, FL
<p>I was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Have lived from Arkansas to Memphis to Maine to Minnesota to Texas to CA and now Illinois since I have been married. I have 4 children (3 grown daughters and 1 grown son) and 11 grandsons. The oldest turned 12 in Aug.'14 and the youngest was born Oct. 5, 2014. I taught elementary school (both public and private) for 16 years, then worked for 6 years as a principal for a private Christian school. I am now a Dyslexia Testing Specialist and Tutor in private practice and I love my work. The cookbook I have used most during my 37 years of marriage is the Better Homes and Garden New Cook Book (red and white checkered.) I still get it out frequently and several of its recipes have become regulars in my house.</p>
