Belle’s Cheesy Pull-Apart Garlic Bread

Name: Belle's Cheesy Pull-Apart Garlic Bread
Yield: Makes 1 loaf
Ingredients: Paste: 20 g bread flour + 80 g whole milk; 300 g bread flour, 15 g sugar, 6 g salt; 6 g instant yeast; 90 g milk, 40 g cream cheese, 1 egg; 20 g soft butter; 1 head garlic + 1/2 tbsp olive oil; 70 g soft butter, 1 1/2 tbsp chopped parsley, a pinch of salt; 100 g mozzarella, plus extra for the top; 1 egg + 1 tbsp water, to brush

Belle roasts a head of garlic until it is soft as butter and mashes it into parsley butter for the loaf.

Makes 1 loaf
Bake 35–40 min at 350°F (180°C)

A painted golden pull-apart garlic bread loaf with bright green herb butter in its folds and melted cheese stretching from a pulled-away piece, on a round wooden board beside a roasted garlic bulb and a single clove, on a blue checked cloth with steam rising. — Belle’s reel arrives 10 Nov

Ingredients

Paste: 20 g bread flour + 80 g whole milk
300 g bread flour, 15 g sugar, 6 g salt
6 g instant yeast
90 g milk, 40 g cream cheese, 1 egg
20 g soft butter
1 head garlic + 1/2 tbsp olive oil
70 g soft butter, 1 1/2 tbsp chopped parsley, a pinch of salt
100 g mozzarella, plus extra for the top
1 egg + 1 tbsp water, to brush

You’ll want7x3.4 in loaf pan, small pot, whisk, mixing bowl, rolling pin, knife, pastry brush and foil.

Method

Roast: Cut the top off the garlic, drizzle with oil, wrap in foil and roast at 350°F (180°C) 45-60 min, till soft as butter.
Paste: Whisk the flour and milk over medium heat till thick like pudding. Cool. This keeps the bread soft for days.
Dough: Knead the flour, sugar, salt, yeast, paste, milk, cream cheese and egg 10 min. Knead in the butter till smooth. Rise 1.5-2 h, till doubled.
Butter: Mash the roasted garlic into the butter with the parsley and salt.
Stack: Roll to 12x12 in, spread the butter, add the mozzarella, cut 12 squares and stand them in the pan. Rise 30-45 min.
Bake: Brush with egg wash, add more cheese and bake 35-40 min till deep golden. Then pull.
Tip: If it won't pull apart, let it rise until doubled and puffy. Cool the roasted garlic 10 minutes before squeezing.

Inspired by @breadbyelise.

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