Halloween pizza bread with ham and mozzarella
Coiled bread stuffed with ham, mozzarella and olives, baked over tomato sauce.
Active time1 h
Cooking1 h 15 min
Total4 h 30 minResting : 3 h
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Ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves
- 30 g garlic and herb butter
- 250 g mozzarella
- 100 g cooked ham
- 300 ml water
- 500 g strong bread flour
- 30 ml olive oil
- 7 g instant dried yeast
- 50 g pitted black olives
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- 10 g fine salt
- 2 tsp sugar
- 800 g chopped tomatoes
Preparation
Mix flour, yeast and salt. Add lukewarm water and knead for about 10 minutes until elastic. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and prove for 120 minutes until doubled.
300 ml water500 g strong bread flour7 g instant dried yeast10 g fine salt- mixing bowl
- spoon
- clean tea towel
While dough rises, peel and chop garlic. Warm briefly in oil without browning. Add tomatoes, oregano and sugar. Simmer for about 30 minutes until thick, then cool.
2 garlic cloves30 ml olive oil½ tsp dried oregano2 tsp sugar800 g chopped tomatoes- knife
- chopping board
- saucepan
- spoon
Grate mozzarella, dice ham and chop olives. Roll dough into a rectangle and halve lengthways. Spread filling down the centre of both strips. Pinch edges shut to make long sealed rolls. Spread sauce in a baking dish about 40 × 30 cm. Coil the rolls over it, seam down, leaving gaps. Cover and prove for 30 minutes.
250 g mozzarella100 g cooked ham50 g pitted black olives- grater
- knife
- rolling pin
- baking dish
- clean tea towel
Heat oven to 200 °C near the end of proving. Bake for 45 minutes until golden and cooked underneath.
- oven
Melt garlic butter and brush over the hot bread. Cool for 10 minutes.
30 g garlic and herb butter- small saucepan
- pastry brush
Allergens
- Gluten
- Milk
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
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