Celebration saffron and sage bread with ginger butter

Saffron and sage bread

• 200 g mixed dried fruit (e.g. apricots, cranberries, sultanas)
• 100 g nuts (e.g. walnuts, pecans, pistachios)
• 150 g water
• 1 pinch saffron
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 4 allspice berries
• 500 g baker's flour
• 10 g dried instant yeast
• 50 g honey
• 3 eggs
• 40 g unsalted butter, softened
• 150 g full cream milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 15 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Ginger butter

• 120 g glacé ginger
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 150 g unsalted butter, cut into cubes (2 cm)