Homemade garlic bread
This is superior garlic bread. The garlic is roasted until caramelised and then pressed into homemade bread dough before baking. Serve toasted with mozzarella and with a simple coriander and tomato salad.
Ingredients
- Olive Oil30 ml
- water150 ml
Instructions
14 steps- 1
For the baguettes, place the flour, salt, yeast, olive oil and most of the water in a food mixer with a dough hook attached, taking care not to let the yeast touch the salt until you begin mixing.
- 2
Start mixing on a slow speed, gradually adding the rest of the water until you have a smooth dough. This should take about five minutes.
- 3
Tip the dough into an oiled bowl, cover and leave the dough to prove for two hours.
- 4
Tip the dough out onto an oiled surface. Dust your hands with a little flour and divide the dough in two.
- 5
Knock back the dough and stretch and fold, and then roll the dough into shape.
- 6
For the garlic mixture, preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Smash the head of garlic to release the cloves and place them in a roasting tin, still in their skins. Add a splash of olive oil and a pinch each of salt and sugar and toss together. Cook in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until caramelised.
- 7
Remove from the oven and, when cool enough to handle, squeeze the soft, roast garlic out of their skins.
- 8
Press the garlic cloves into the baguette (add them to taste) as you shape the dough into a baguette shape.
- 9
Place on a baguette tray or a large baking tray, cover and leave to prove until it has doubled in size.
- 10
Heat a roasting dish in the bottom of the oven and pour in some water to create some steam (this will help form the crust). Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7 in a non-fan oven.
- 11
Just before baking, slash the top of each baguette three times.
- 12
Bake the baguettes for 30 minutes. Then drop the temperature to 200C/400G/Gas 6 and cook for 10 minutes. The baked baguettes should be golden-brown and have a slight sheen to them.
- 13
Remove the baguettes from the oven and leave to cool.
- 14
Once cooled, preheat the grill to hot. Slice the bread, top with mozzarella and grill until melted and bubbly.
Nutrition
Per 100 grams
Nutrition values are estimates. - means data is unavailable.
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