Culinary Hotline - Grace Stevens
A bread to go with every dish!
Ingredients:
- 1 long French loaf or 2 smaller loaves (Day old bread is best)
- 200g soft butter
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 handful parsley
- 100ml grated mozzarella cheese
- 150ml cheddar cheese, grated
How To Make Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread
- Preheat oven to 180.
- Slice each French loaf into 1 or 1.5cm wide slices, making sure not to cut to the base of the loaf.
- The loaf should still hold together.
- Cut on the diagonal for larger slices.
- Place all the ingredients (except the bread) into a food processor and blend to a paste.
- Season with salt & pepper.
- Spread the butter mixture onto both sides of each slice add any remaining butter on top of the half.
- Wrap each load in foil.
- Bake for 20 – 25 minutes until the butter is melted and the crust is golden and crispy.
- Serve arm straight out the oven.
Ingredients:
- 512g white bread flour
- 10g salt
- 8g instant yeast
- 500ml water
- Olive oil
- Flaky salt
- 2 onions, caramelised
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
How To Make Caramelised onion & rosemary focaccia
- In a large bowl, combine flour, yeast and salt.
- Add in water and mix well until a dough is formed.
- Knead for about 1 – 2 minutes.
- Cover the dough with olive oil and damp cloth or plastic wrap.
- Allow it to rise in fridge overnight or 1 hour at room temperature.
- With wet hands, pull one side of the dough up and place on top of the rest of the dough, covering all the dough.
- Rotate the bowl 90° and repeat stretch and fold with a second side of the dough.
- Repeat until 4 sides have been stretched and folded.
- Allow to rest for 20 to 30 mins and repeat 3 more times.
- Turn the dough out into a baking sheet and work the dough out to each corner of the tray, leaving dimples in the dough from your fingers.
- Drizzle more olive oil onto the top of the bread, season with flaky salt and rosemary.
- Evenly cover the bread with the caramelised onions and allow to rest for 45 mins at room temperature.
- Preheat an oven to 200֯C Bake for 25 mins or until the top of the bread is golden and pillowy.
- Serve warm.
- To caramelise onions: Slice two onions into rings, Fry in a little oil or butter until the onions turn golden brown.
- Remove from heat and store in the fridge or use immediately.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups white bread flour
- 5ml salt
- 8g instant yeast
- 300ml water
- 15ml olive oil
- Toppings: cheese, sesame seeds, rosemary, flaky salt, crushed dried chilies
How To Make Bread sticks
- In a large bowl combine flour & salt.
- Combine yeast, water and oil and mix until a dough is formed.
- Knead for 8 – 10 minutes.
- Allow the dough to rest for 45 minutes and double in size.
- Divide the dough into 35g. roll each ball into thin sausages and twist.
- Place twisted breadsticks into a greased baking sheet and top with your choice of toppings.
- Sticks can be rolled in some toppings to improve coverage.
- Bake 200 for 10 – 15 minutes until golden crispy.
- Store in an airtight container for a week or eat hot with a hummus dip or basil pesto dip.