Garlic Butter Loaf

Hello Dear Reader,

On Sunday afternoon, at about 5 o'clock I decided I needed garlic bread to serve with the Bacon and Mushroom Carbonara I was making for dinner. As I had already made Jamie's Pizza dough the previous week, I thought that wonderful, chewy and crisp dough would be perfect for a garlic bread and I was right.

The dough is very easy to handle and the garlic butter is also super easy, hello garlic, butter and parsley. I simply melted the butter and garlic together on a very low heat, mixed in the parsley and then popped it in the fridge to solidify a bit before spooning it over the waiting dough and rolling it up. Totally and utterly delicious and full of garlic butter flavour.

In a large bowl, measure out 400 grams bread flour, 100 grams semolina and 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt

In a jug, measure out 325 ml of tepid water, 7 grams of instant yeast and 1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar, mix well and set aside to get bubbly 

For the garlic butter you will need 100 grams of butter 2 large cloves of garlic, a small handful of parsley and a good grind of salt

Give the flour, semolina and salt and good stir

And once the yeasty mixture is risen and bubbly

Add it to the flour

And give it a really good mix with a fork, once it has almost come together in the bowl, turn it out onto a floured board

And knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic

Pop into a greased bowl, cover and put into a warm spot for 30 to 40 minute to prove

Meanwhile melt the butter, garlic and salt together on very low heat, then stir in the chopped parsley

Pop into the fridge for 10 minutes or so, to solidified a bit, you want it spoonable and spreadable 

Once the dough has doubled in size

Turn out again onto a floured board or bench

And flatten and shape into a large rectangle 

Spoon and spread the garlic butter onto the rectangle of dough

And roll up from the short end

Put onto a high sided, lined baking tray and brush with any left over garlic butter and slash with panache 

Let it prove again for 15 to 20 minutes 

And pop into a preheated, 200 C oven, for 25 minutes or until golden brown

The garlic butter will ooze out of the bread and bath the loaf with wonderful buttery flavour

Mmm, home made garlic bread made in the late afternoon and ready for dinner, love it.

Have a lovely day,

💗Fi

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