Recipe for Guernsey Gache

Since cooking is one of my passions, here's a recipe for Guernsey Gache! .. perhaps worth a try before we get to Guernsey!

One of Guernsey’s definitive delicacies is Guernsey Gâche (pronounced "gosh"). Tune in your taste buds before you visit, with this genuine recipe and it's easy to make too!

Guernsey Gâche

Ingredients
I.5 lbs wholemeal or plain flour
1.5 lbs Guernsey butter
Two free range eggs
4 oz candied orange peel
1 lb sultanas (currants may be used, if preferred)
Quarter pint of Guernsey milk
2 oz yeast
Pinch of salt
2 oz dark brown sugar

Preparation
Wash and dry the fruit. Cream the butter with sugar, add the eggs and then mix in the flour. Warm the milk, add the yeast and a pinch of salt. Make a depression in the dough and pour in the milk with the added yeast and mix well, adding the fruit and kneading like bread.

Leave to rise for two hours in a warm room. Knock back and then knead again. Grease a loaf tin and put in the prepared gâche.

Cooking
Cook for one hour in a moderate oven, until golden brown. Best served with cider from the jug, whilst hay making.