Ohhhh my! this bread is unbelievable. Well it’s a complete breakfast, a quick lunch, a brunch or even with your afternoon tea. It’s so flavorful and will taste even better with some butter or a dip in extra virgin olive oil.
Make this bread into small personal buns, braids, loafs or one big loaf.
In our house we love pesto and I usually make mozzarella pesto cheese sandwich for my sons breakfast, so I came up with this bread where the pesto and the cheese are part of the bread and instead of using mozzarella I use Parmesan cheese.
When preparing pesto I don’t put any garlic in it, so if I want to use it for a cheese sandwich or bread, I don’t really want the garlic flavor. You can simply add a minced clove of garlic to the pesto and use it for pasta dishes or any other dishes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup basil
- 1/4 cup pine nut
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 3+1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 300 ml warm water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1+1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Add sugar to the warm water, mix well then add active dry yeast, cover and let stand for 5-7 minutes.
- Sift flour in a large bowl, make a well in the center, pour olive oil and yeast water, use a spoon and mix. Add salt and continue mixing until dough forms. Place dough on a clean counter top and knead for 8 minutes.
- Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with a plastic wrap and place in a warm place and let the dough rest for 2 hours or until it doubles in size.
- Mean while prepare the pesto. Use a food processor and place all the pesto ingredients in it and processes until smooth and creamy, cover and chill in the fridge.
- Take the out of the bowl and using a rolling pin and roll out the dough into a rectangle, spread the pesto on the dough, roll and shape as desired.
- Place the bread on an oven tray. Egg wash the bread and let it stand in a warm place for 1 hour to proof and rise and double in size again. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Place the bread tray on the oven's middle rack and bake the bread 20-30 minutes until golden brown and fully baked and crispy.
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