OLIVE, HALOUMI AND ROSEMARY LOAF

This recipe is my gift to you. It is a savoury loaf and I serve it buttered and topped with whatever chutney jar I have open. Ingredients....1 cup of diced onions, 200ml of olive oil, 4 eggs at room temperature and lightly beaten, 2 cups of chopped kalamata olives, 1 tsp of minced garlic, 2 tbs of soft brown sugar, 250gm of grated haloumi cheese, 1 tsp of baking soda, 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1/2 tsp of cracked black pepper, 375 gm of plain flour, 300gm of sour cream, 1 tbs of fresh chopped rosemary. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line a 25cm x 10cm x 10cm loaf pan. Saute the onions in oil with the garlic and then add the chopped olives and rosemary, stir then set aside to cool. In the bowl of your electric mixer add the lightly beaten eggs and sugar and beat until the sugar is dissolved, then add the sour cream. Now mix with the cooked onions and olives. Slowly add the mixed flour mixture , whisking out any lumps, forming a smooth batter. Fold through the haloumi cheese and chopped rosemary. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean from the centre. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do.