Thursday 14 January 2016

Champion Garlic Bread


Hi

This homemade garlic bread recipe is indeed a real treat.
The bread was so soft and spongy and it bombed with pungent garlic butter, who’s not to love it?  The garlic and parsley and the combination of olive oil and butter made a great flavour to this bread.  I know this will bound to become my family favourite as the bread were all gone shortly after they were cooled on the rack.
I didn’t roast the garlic.  Instead I minced the whole head of garlic and stir fry them with olive oil as it doesn’t take very long to stir fry.  It is about few seconds to 1 minute or until you get the intense smell of garlic, you know it is done.
I didn’t get to capture nice shots on the bread as my 3 boys [including my hubby] were too impatient to wait for me to take another few more shots. 
Yes. Indeed it’s champion bread and I agreed with Zoe (Bake for Happy Kids) that it should WIN all kinds of breads…


Garlic Butter
Ingredients
1 head      garlic, unpeeled (I peeled and minced it)
1 tbsp       olive oil
3 tbsp       minced fresh parsley leave (I used dried parsley)
50g          unsalted butter, softened (I used salted butter)
½ tsp        salt (I skipped as I was using salted butter)

Method
Preheat oven to 200°C fan force.
Heat up 1 tbsp of olive oil on the fry pan.

Cut top off garlic head.  Place garlic on a piece of aluminium foil; drizzle with olive oil.  Fold edges together to seal.  Bake 30 mins and allow garlic to cool completely.
Minced the garlic; Heat up olive oil. Stir fry the mince garlic with the heated oil over medium heat for about few seconds until it infuses and the intense smell comes out.  Allow the garlic to cool completely.


Squeeze cooked garlic into a medium bowl.  Garlic will be soft and sticky.  Add butter, parsley and salt, stirring to combine.  Set aside and wait for the bread dough to be ready.
Pour the fried garlic from the pan into a medium bowl.  Add butter and dried parsley, stirring to combine.  Set aside and wait for the bread dough to be ready.



Bread Dough
Ingredients
300g        bread flour
25g          sugar
15g          unsalted butter, soften at room temperature
(I used salted butter)
1 tsp         salt (I skipped because I’m using salted butter)
¾ tsp        instant dry yeast
200ml      milk, lukewarm*

Method
*The milk in this recipe doesn’t require scalding but need to be lukewarm or at least room temperature for efficient proving.

Using a breadmaker, mix all dough ingredients and knead into a smooth and elastic dough and allow it to prove for 1 hr. At this point, you can either store the dough in the fridge to use it on the next day or use it now.

If breadmaker is not available, kneading by hand or electric mixer with a dough hook is possible. Using your hand or an electric mixer, mix all dough ingredients (except butter) to form a dough. If you are using an electric mixer, increase the mixing speed to medium low and knead the dough until it is smooth in its texture. If you are kneading by hand, you need good muscle and endurance to keep kneading until the dough is smooth.

Mix in the unsalted butter and keep kneading at medium low speed or by hand (about 10-15 mins) until dough is elastic and can stretch to form thin and translucent membrane. Allow the dough to rise for about 60 mins or until doubled in size. At this point, you can either store the dough in the fridge to use it on the next day or use it now.

Divide dough into 6 equal portions, then allow to rest for another 10 mins. Flatten each portion of dough, spread a thin layer of garlic butter and roll it into oblong shape. Repeat the same shaping method with the rest of the dough. Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper and allow them to rise for another 1 hr or until doubled in size.


Chill the left-over garlic butter in the freezer until firm.

Egg wash for baking
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp milk

Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan forced.

Beat both egg yolk and milk roughly with a fork until combined.

Apply egg wash on the surfaces of the dough. Cut the center of each with sharp knife. Place 1/6 of the frozen garlic butter onto the slit. Repeat this step with the rest of the dough.


Bake at 180°C (or 160°C fan forced) for 17 mins or until golden brown. Transfer the breads immediately onto a wire rack to cool. Serve when they are slightly warm or at room temperature.


HAPPY BAKING! 

19 comments:

  1. Hi Amy,
    Wish you have doubled the portion so I could go over to grab some of these yummy fragrance garlic bread :)

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  2. Lovely breads, Amy! Garlic and herb breads are always a winner in my books!
    So yummilicious with either a cup of coffee or tea!

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  3. Yay!!!! Nice to hear that you have great success baking these bread!

    Hi Amy, if you can find Spanish garlic and roast it like what Paula Deen did... I can guarantee you the breads will be super tok gong!!! LOL! Even my husband and son can tell the difference :p

    Zoe

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  4. Hi Amy,
    Indeed your garlic bread looks like a champion. I would like to bake them on my own and have always been a garlic bread lover, especially garlics!! Shiok. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Hi Amy,
    Indeed your garlic bread looks like a champion. I would like to bake them on my own and have always been a garlic bread lover, especially garlics!! Shiok. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Hi Amy,
    Indeed your garlic bread looks like a champion. I would like to bake them on my own and have always been a garlic bread lover, especially garlics!! Shiok. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Hope to be the lucky winner.

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  8. My kids love eating bread! Will definitely try this recipe~!

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  9. this looks so delicious love the recipe

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  10. Now this garlic bread looks mighty tasty! I really like the different approach of mincing and stir frying the garlic - definitely something I want to try out some time.

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  11. Interesting
    The unusual way of my favourite

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  12. I guess I won't need to go to Pizza Hut to get my fix for garlic bread anymore! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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  13. I guess I won't need to go to Pizza Hut to get my fix for garlic bread anymore! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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  14. I guess I won't need to go to Pizza Hut to get my fix for garlic bread anymore! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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  15. I guess I won't need to go Pizza Hut to get my fix for garlic bread! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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  16. I love garlic and garlic bread. Wow a lot of work goes into this!

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  17. I can almost smell the fragrant garlic from here!

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