How to make braided bread -
This braided bread looks lovely and is just as tasty with the flavours of pesto sauce and mozzarella cheese.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Refined flour (maida) (मैदा), Pesto sauce (पेस्तो सॉस)
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Breads
braided bread Recipe Card
Fusion cuisine is one that combines elements of different culinary traditions. Cuisines of this type are not categorized according to any one particular cuisine style and have played a part in a number of innovations.
Fusion food is a general term for the combination of various forms of cookery and comes in several forms.
Prep Time : 41-50 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for braided bread Recipe
Refined flour (maida) 1 cup
Pesto sauce ½ cup
Fresh yeast 2 teaspoons
Lukewarm milk ½ cup
Castor sugar (caster sugar) ½ teaspoon
Salt ½ teaspoon
Oil 1 tablespoon
Mozzarella cheese grated 100 grams
Method
Step 1
Mix together yeast, milk and castor sugar in a mixing bowl. Set aside for 5-10 minutes.
Step 2
Sift together flour and salt into the yeast mixture. Add oil and knead into a soft dough with enough water. Cover and set aside till it rises and doubles in volume.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Step 4
Place the proved dough on the worktop and knock back to release the excess air. Roll out into a rectangle.
Step 5
Spread pesto on top, leaving a thin border along the edges. Sprinkle cheese on top. Roll lengthwise and cut into half lengthwise. Turn both with the cut side up and start braiding.
Step 6
Place the braided bread on a baking tray. Put the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 30minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
Step 7
Serve.
Stepwise braided bread method
Step 1
Mix together yeast, milk and castor sugar in a mixing bowl. Set aside for 5-10 minutes.
Step 2
Sift together flour and salt into the yeast mixture. Add oil and knead into a soft dough with enough water. Cover and set aside till it rises and doubles in volume.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Step 4
Place the proved dough on the worktop and knock back to release the excess air. Roll out into a rectangle.
Step 5
Spread pesto on top, leaving a thin border along the edges. Sprinkle cheese on top. Roll lengthwise and cut into half lengthwise. Turn both with the cut side up and start braiding.
Step 6
Place the braided bread on a baking tray. Put the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 30minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
Step 7
Serve.
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