Pesto Filled Bread - Savory Decorative Bread
A savory decorative bread that is layered with basil pesto and mozzarella cheese. It is full of flavors because of pesto between all the layers
Ingredients
For bread
- 2 and 1/2 cups wheat flour atta
- 1 and 1/2 to 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups water
- 1 packet 2 and 1/4 tea spns active dry yeast
- 1 tea spn honey
- 2 tea spns olive oil
- Salt
For Stuffing
- Butter
- 1/2 cup basil pesto or any strong flavored chutney
- 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese optional
- Cherry tomatoes optional
Instructions
- Microwave water for about 20 secs (or just heat it up till it is lukewarm).
- Add honey and active dry yeast and keep it aside for about 10mins till the yeast activates (the mixture becomes frothy).
- Add salt, olive oil and wheat flour. Mix till all the wet ingredients are incorporated into flour.
- Now add all purpose flour, 1/2 cup at a time till it forms a uniform and non sticky dough.
- Take a tea spn oil in a bowl, keep the dough and swirl it around to coat the dough.
- Cover with a damp towel and keep it aside for around 1 hr till dough is doubled in volume.
- Punch down the dough and cover it back.
- After around 1 hr, it would have doubled again.
- Punch it down and knead it to make a smooth ball.
- Preheat the oven at 350F.
- Cut into two equal parts. Save one for later.
- Make 6 equal balls from one half. Roll each ball into a 8-9" disc.
- Take one disc, spread pesto and mozzarella cheese on pesto.
- Keep the next disc on top. Spread pesto and mozzarella cheese on top.
- Repeat till all discs are done.
- Cut and decorate as shown in pictures (or refer video).
- Mark a round in the center. A glass can be used to do this.
- Then with a sharp knife, make 16 cuts from the circumference of the circle to the edge like shown in picture.
- Carefully lift two adjacent pieces and twist them in opposite direction. Then stick the ends together.
- Top with cherry tomatoes.
- Cover the bread with damp towel and leave it aside to rise for another 45mins.
- Brush with butter or eggwash (eggwhite + little water) and bake at 350F for about 30mins or till bread is baked through.
