Avocado, Ham with Wasabi & Black Sesame Seed Loaf Cake

I’ve bookmarked this recipe for quite a while from a French blog  Beau à la louche & now it’s about time to try this intriguing savory loaf cake .  This recipe calls for bacon  but I’ve  replaced it with ham .  I suppose that bacon taste better than ham in this recipe .  Nevertheless it's a very refreshing savory cake with avocado &  the wasabi was what  makes the difference .  Wasabi is also called  Japanese horseradish which can only be found  in Japan .  And it is difficult  to cultivate  real wasabi that  makes them quite expensive .  This root is usually used as a condiment  which has a very strong pungent flavour, stronger than hot mustard .  I’ve used wasabi powder for this recipe & you can find it in all Asian grocery stores .  I’ve added 2 tbsp of wasabi powder &  it was  perfect without tasting too spicy .  But if you’re not keen of the wasabi's spicy taste , you can always reduce it  to  1 tbsp of wasabi instead of 2 tbsp .  A very interesting recipe  with ingredients that I would have  never thought of combining them together!  Amazing!

Jane Austen moment in Persuasion

Chapter 9

Charles "had never seen a pleasanter man in his life; and from what he had once heard Captain Wentworth himself say, was very sure that he had not made less than twenty thousand pounds by the war.  Here was a fortune at once; besides which, there would be the chance of what might be done in any future war; and he was sure Captain Wentworth was as likely a man to distinguish himself as any officer in the navy.  Oh! it would be a capital match for either of his sisters."
"Upon my word it would," replied Mary.  "Dear me!  If he should  rise to any very great honours!  If he should ever be made a baronet! `Lady Wentworth' sounds very well.  That would be a noble thing, indeed, for Henrietta!  She would take place of me then, and Henrietta would not dislike that.  Sir Frederick and Lady Wentworth!  It would be but a new creation, however, and I never think much of your new creations."

 

Avocado, Ham with Wasabi & Black Sesame Seed Loaf Cake

Recipe adapted from Beau à la louche

Ingrédients

150g  minced bacon or ham

125g flour

125g whole wheat flour

2 tsp of baking powder

2 tbsp of  Wasabi powder

2 tbsp black seame seeds

80g grated Comté cheese Or Gruyere cheese

2 eggs

250ml milk

50g melted butter

1 avocado but in small pieces

Salt & pepper

 

Directions:

1)      Preheat oven  to 200°C Grease a loaf cake pan

2)      Fry bacon or ham  till golden brown  & drain on paper towels & let to cool.

3)      Combine flours, baking powder, Wasabi powder, sesame seeds & grated cheese .

4)      In a bowl add lightly beaten eggs & milk.  Pour the milk mixture into dry mixture together with melted butter, bacon , avocado pieces & salt & pepper. Stir till well combined.  Pour mixture into loaf pan & bake for 20 minutes till golden brown.

I'm entering  this recipe to  AlphaBakes challenge hosted by  Caroline of Caroline Makes & co-hosted by  Ros@ Baking Addict from The More Than Occasional Baker .  The random letter for this month is W as Wasabi

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