Belle’s Cheesy Pull-Apart Garlic Bread

Ingredients

• Paste: 20 g bread flour + 80 g whole milk
• 300 g bread flour, 15 g sugar, 6 g salt
• 6 g instant yeast
• 90 g milk, 40 g cream cheese, 1 egg
• 20 g soft butter
• 1 head garlic + 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 70 g soft butter, 1 1/2 tbsp chopped parsley, a pinch of salt
• 100 g mozzarella, plus extra for the top
• 1 egg + 1 tbsp water, to brush

You’ll want7x3.4 in loaf pan, small pot, whisk, mixing bowl, rolling pin, knife, pastry brush and foil.

Method

1. Roast: Cut the top off the garlic, drizzle with oil, wrap in foil and roast at 350°F (180°C) 45-60 min, till soft as butter.
2. Paste: Whisk the flour and milk over medium heat till thick like pudding. Cool. This keeps the bread soft for days.
3. Dough: Knead the flour, sugar, salt, yeast, paste, milk, cream cheese and egg 10 min. Knead in the butter till smooth. Rise 1.5-2 h, till doubled.
4. Butter: Mash the roasted garlic into the butter with the parsley and salt.
5. Stack: Roll to 12x12 in, spread the butter, add the mozzarella, cut 12 squares and stand them in the pan. Rise 30-45 min.
6. Bake: Brush with egg wash, add more cheese and bake 35-40 min till deep golden. Then pull.

Inspired by @breadbyelise.