Who has not heard of or not had garlic bread. This is the most common yet delicious accompaniment to any dish. Infact, I feel garlic bread is the king of side dishes.
This recipe is very simple. Other than the proofing time, this recipe comes under 20 minutes.
Here's how it's made.
Ingredients:
Garlic Bread Dough:
1 cup warm milk
1 teaspoon instant dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
A pinch of salt
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon dried oregano or fresh oregano leaves finely chopped
1.5 cups plain flour
2 teaspoon olive oil
Garlic Butter Spread:
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons coriander leaves, finely chopped
Garlic Bread Filling:
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup ricotta cheese
2 teaspoon chili flakes
1 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper powder
2 cloves of crushed garlic
2 tablespoons of finely chopped coriander leaves.
Method:
In a mixing bowl add the milk, sugar and the yeast. Stir and keep the mixture in a warm place for the yeast to activate.
Once the bubbles start to form, add the flour, salt, garlic, oregano and knead into a dough.
Add the olive oil, coat the dough and cover it with a cling wrap and keep it in a warm place until the dough doubles in size. Roughly about 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, punch down the dough and release the air and repeat the above process four times. Total proofing time should be 2 hours.
Once the dough is well rested, roll it in a 10" round ball. In a small bowl combine butter, garlic and coriander leaves and apply the garlic butter spread generously on one half of the dough with a pastry brush.
In a separate bowl combine all the ingredients mentioned in the garlic bread filling. Fill this cheese mixture on one half of the dough on top of the garlic spread.
Now gently fold the other half of the dough and seal the edges firmly. It should resemble the half moon shape.
With a knife add the gashes to the dough lengthwise.
Transfer the dough on to a baking tray lined with a parchment paper.
Give a eggwash. To prepare eggwash, break an egg and add one teaspoon of milk and whisk together. Apply this coating to the dough. If you are a vegetarian, you can simply apply melted butter.
Place the tray in the preheated oven at 180°C and bake for 15 minutes.
Once done, cool it on a wire rack and define the gashes by further running the knife over the gashes.
Your cheesy garlic bread sticks are ready.
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