Cheese Chilli Garlic Pull Apart Bread
Spicy, garlic pull apart bread. Perfect snack for tea time.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups All purpose flour
- 1.5 Tsp Active dry yeast
- 1 Tsp Sugar
- 3/4 Cup Lukewarm water
- 2 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1 Cup Mozzarella & Cheddar cheese
- 2 Tsp Dried herbs
- 4-5 Pcs Green chillies Minced
- 1/2 Tsp Red chilli flakes
- 1/4 Cup Garlic Minced
- 4 Tbsp Butter Melted
- Garlic flakes As required, optional
- Fresh parsley As required
Instructions
- Mix sugar, yeast and 1/4 cup lukewarm water and leave it to get activated/frothy for around 10 mins.
- In a wide bowl, add all purpose flour, 1/2 cup lukewarm water, oil and activated yeast and make a soft dough.
- Knead it for at least 12 mins or until it becomes smooth and elastic. Tuck the dough, cover with a cling film and leave it to rest for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile for the filling, in a bowl mix - cheese, salt and pepper, dried herbs, minced green chillies, red chilli flakes and minced garlic. Keep it in the refrigerator.
- After an hour the dough doubles in size. Punch it gently to release air and now using a rolling pin, flatten the dough into a rectangle shape with a thickness of 4mm.
- First layer the whole bread 4 tbsp melted butter.
- Then layer it with the cheese chilli and garlic mix. Now cut them into 4 equal strips.
- Place the strips on top of each other, and again using a pizza cutter cut them into 4 equal squares. Place them in a loaf pan and cover it with a moist soft cloth for 30 mins.
- Brush a little melted butter on top and add few garlic flakes. Sprinkle some herbs and chilli flakes too.
- Bake it in a pre heated oven for 25 mins or until it turns golden brown at 180 C without fan and 170 C with fan (the first 10 mins of baking was with a lid).
- In a bowl, mix meltebutter, dried herbs, chilli flakes, fresh parsley and brush it on top (optional).Enjoy!!!