Preparation Time : 1 hour 10 – 20 minutes

Cooking Time : 15 – 20 minutes

Serving : 6 – 8 members

Description

Domino’s style filled garlic bread . Bread is one thing that I grew up in boarding school eating fresh from the ovens of good shepherd public school in ooty . The smell of baking bread would just linger into the air and would disturb all of us with what ever we are doing at that moment . Any time hunger prank attacks we were allowed to go to the mess manager and get some thing to eat . We were served cookies , cakes , bananas or bread then . My class mate Ansu Mathews just loves bread in any form , I used to feel wired the way she used rave about bread as I was a typical South Indian who liked her idli’s and dosas back then . I did get in touch with her after nearly 24 years and didn’t forget to mention the bread story . Ansu was like hazi how on earth can you still remember all this stuff . Never in my widest dreams did I imagine that I would be baking breads as even the fresh breads baked at school during my childhood days didn’t motivate me much but I shook myself one day saying bread in one thing that has taken the world by Storm for ages and Ages as a moving culinary tradition . If I can’t master the art of this age old dish that exists in the world culture of family society then there’s no point in the love and passion I have over food and cooking . To me adding longer introductions to feature not just the recipe , which anyone can do , but the context of how a dish is prepared , who makes it and what it means to the maker in more important as that’s what food is all about .

Ingredients for dough

Filling ingredients

Method

1. Sieve the flour, then add milk powder, baking powder, sugar, yeast and salt.  Then add the oil, butter and half the egg (reserve the other half for brushing the bread later) and mix together.
2. Top with garlic powder , Italian herbs , chilli flakes and garlic minced . Now add the milk gradually whilst kneading.
3. You might not need it all, so add it sparingly until your dough is nice and soft.  If more milk is needed to get a soft dough consistency, warm a litte more and use.  Knead for a good 8-10 minutes.
4. The more you knead the softer the bread results will be.
5. Touch a bit of oil with your fingertips and apply all over the ball of dough.
6. Cover in a bowl and set aside for 40mins to an hour for it to double in size.

STEP 1

Divide the dough into 2 equal sections. Start rolling each one into a round  shape, about quarter inch or less thickness.place over greased and lined baking tray .

STEP 2

Brush with butter. Divide each filling ingredient into two equal portions ,Place one portion of filling ingredients  in the  centre of one circle . Do the same to the other circle as well .

STEP 3

Run a wet finger dipped in water all around the two circles . Fold the circles into a  moon shaped semi circle and press the edges together to seal the filling inside .

STEP 4

Cover with a light kitchen towel and allow the garlic bread to rest for about 30 minutes to allow them to expand again slightly.

STEP 5

1. Make an straight line impression lightly with the help of a pizza cutter to get one inch thick sticks on both the semi circles .  Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius .
2. Brush the remaining half egg over the bread and sprinkle sesame seeds( optional ) Bake for about 15 – 20 minutes or until the breads  are done and golden.

STEP 6

Remove and brush them with some butter, keep them covered with a kitchen towel to retain their softness until time for serving.

Note

The filling can be made with veggies , cheese , paneer , fish , prawn , chicken or anything to your taste.

1. Store the garlic bread   in the refrigerator in an air tight container and steam – microwave before serving for a minute . Best served and had on the day made and can be stored for the next day not more than that .
2. This is the best ever bread recipe I have come across and I follow it for any recipe that demands to bake bread … So peeps don’t forget to book mark the bread recipe .