Normally the recipes that I post in my blog are my own. This recipe though, comes from my wife. I do all of the cooking in our household but she is the baker in the family.
She makes a really good roasted garlic and cheddar cheese bread, which is what I'm going to share with you here today.
She started making the bread a few years ago while we were still living in Canada but she has pretty much perfected it here in France and can do the whole process by memory now.
It's cooked in a ceramic pot and has large chunks of cheese and roasted garlic throughout and is quite delicious. The garlic and cheese are optional but it really adds to the flavor and is what makes the bread so special.
So without further ado here is the recipe. I hope you enjoy!
Ingredients
One of the nice things about bread is that there are very few ingredients for it. It really just comes down to the process of how you mix the basics together.
• Flour (450 grams)
• Salt (10 grams)
• Yeast (1 sachet)
• Water (300 ml warm but not hot)
• Sugar (1 tsp to bloom the yeast)
Optional
• Roasted Garlic (pre-roasted)
• Cheese (we used aged cheddar)
Notes: You want to pre-roast the garlic before making the bread in order to save yourself some time.
Any cheese will do for the recipe but my wife tends to use medium hard cheeses like cheddar, guyere and gouda.
These cheeses don't fully melt during the baking process so you get chunks of them in your slices of bread.
Directions
Bloom the yeast by adding 1 sachet of bread yeast to 300ml of warm water and 1 tsp of sugar. This process takes only about 5 minutes. Don't make the water too hot though or it will kill the yeast. 30°C seems to be the magic temperature.
In a dramatic voice: "It's alive!!!!"
Add 10 grams of salt to 450 grams of flour.
Put the flour on top of the yeast water and mix with a dough hook in an electric mixer until its all fully incorporated.
You can do this by hand as well with a wooden spoon but the mixer will save you some time.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Put a cloth over the bowl and let the dough proof in a warm place for about an hour. She likes to set it next to the radiator, mainly because our house is freezing.
"Shhhhh it's sleeping."🤫
A side note on proofing for those who are not familiar with this process. Proofing is similar to fermenting. It's when the yeast eats the sugar in the dough and produces carbon dioxide, which makes the dough rise. It basically puts air into the dough and makes it grow, making the bread airy after it has been cooked. It's possible to over proof the dough as well. This occurs when the dough rises too much and then deflates, which makes the bread very dense after it is cooked. The general rule is that the dough should double in size.
Cut up the roasted garlic and cheese into chunks.
After the dough has done its first proof...
knead the garlic and cheese into the dough and form it into a circle (or sphere I suppose since it's a 3 dimensional object).
"Okay poindexter" 🤓
Put the ball into a fresh clean bowl and let it proof for another 30 minutes.
Put the Le Creuset, Dutch oven or ceramic pot into the oven at 240°C to heat it up.
"Aye aye captain!"
After the dough has finished its second proof, put it into the heated pot and cook with the lid on for approximately 30 minutes.
Note: This part may vary slightly depending on your oven. The overall cook time is 45 minutes - 30 minutes with the lid on a 15 minutes with the lid off to expose the bread to the direct heat and create a crust. If you take the lid off too soon the bread can burn a little so you may have to adjust the times slightly based on your oven. My wife actually leaves the lid on for 33 minutes exactly and takes it off for 12.
"So precise."
Take the bread out and tap the bottom with a knife. If it sounds hollow, it is done. If it doesn't sound hollow it means that it hasn't cooked through entirely and may need to go back in the over for a few more minutes. This part will rely on your own judgment and deductive skills.
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Slice and enjoy your bread. We usually toast it and add butter as well, for extra goodness.
"Mmmm cheesy roasted garlic."🤤
She is so pretty you should put a ring on it!
I would tell you to do the proofing inside the fridge, but it's cold enough outside haha.
Looking delicious as usual!
Haha yeah. I often put things outside to cool off, like soup and what not, or even put things in the garage at night if there is no room in the ridge lol. The winter season is good for that.
This will be handy - we were talking about making our own bread at home yesterday only - the oven is not being used much - making at home will at least have us eat what we love by customizing our way as you said.
Yes exactly, you can customize it with your own flavor and taste preferences. This recipe is quite easy as well. Good luck!
mmm.. I love the smell and taste of fresh bread, it is so delicious. I'm gonna try this one day, actually I got some black garlic at home, might us that instead of fresh garlic
Yeah nothing beats the smell of fresh bread. Black garlic would be an interesting addition.
I make an incredibly similar one! Except I am in drained and chopped jalapenos. It's awesome and this one looks awesome too. The crock pot really makes it great
Yeah the nice thing about the bread is that you can add pretty much anything you want to it based on your taste preferences. Jalapeños sound really good. My wife doesn't like spicy food at all though so I probably won't be able to convince her to make that unfortunately lol.
It is definitely not one for those who don't like spice. I have to prove mine next to the radiator too as it is normally so cold it would just sit there and do nothing
Haha yeah exactly. It's easier in the summer. Sometimes it over proves in like 30 minutes though haha 😆
Hashtag heatwave lol
This is such a creative bread recipe! Anything with roasted garlic in it, I'm in. So cool to bite into cheese bits.
Yeah roasted garlic makes everything delicious lol and so does cheese for that matter haha.
haha oh it's also your recipe if it comes from your wife ;)))))). ooh i love roasted garlic and cheddar cheese bread, you can never have enough homemade bread at home.. and it tastes much better when you make it yourself, also because you put a lot of love into it. thanks for the recipe! I'll give it a try for shure:)
Yeah I totally agree 😁
Looks like a very tasty bread! The sleeping time of it, on the warm place covered with a cloth is an excited phase :)) checking if the dough rised is like expecting some nice surprise 😅
Haha yeah exactly. Sometimes it's like - "nope it's still tired, it's nap wasn't long enough lol
Yes, so we leave it to rest a bit more :)
Very interesting post and its nice timing.I tried making bread for the very first time yesterday.I have some left over dough in the refrigerator.I planned to see how it works as a pizza base ,if I have enough left over Im going try making some of this garlic and cheese bread.
I didn't know that you could use bread dough for pizza. That's pretty cool. I don't know a lot about baking really though lol. Good luck!
Yeah I wasn't sure if it would work but it turned out pretty well. The result was a little softer than a normal pizza base. I would use it again.
Nice! That's pretty cool
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Thanks! I love pizza. It's almost like bread lol
That looks so GOOOOODD!!! My problem with putting roasted garlic 'in' things is that it usually just ends up in my mouth before it gets to be used in any recipe. Oh I can just smell how delicious your house must smell!
Yeah the entire house definitely smells like garlic 😋
Home backed bread is for me TOP. Will have to try your version!
Good luck!
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Wow, this is yummy and I believe this will be tasty too and also I Wish I can a taste of this and also learn how to do it. It's really a good one that you know how to prepare different kinds of delicacy which will be very tasty and yummy too and can make you health and heathy, I must say a very big congratulations to you and your pretty wife 🥰😍😋😁
Well you are in luck then. If you follow the recipe then both of those wishes will come true 😁. Good luck!
Thank you so much, Take care of yourself and your family and do have a nice day 😍😍😋. greetings@salvictoria.
You as well 😁
very good recipe, tastes very good
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Nom, nom, nom... I'll be trying this one out. Thanks!
Good luck!
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hmmm... it turned out OK. But I think I need to add much more garlic.
My started with one or two cloves of roasted garlic. Now she uses an entire head hahaha.
That's awesome that you tried making it. Thanks for letting me know 😁
Yummy
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Hello, very detailed explanation of this recipe without a doubt that bread looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome 😊
Oh yum! This looks absolutely delicious. I can smell how awesome it is just by looking at it!
The roasted garlic makes the whole house smell good lol
Wow excellent dish ,I must try,thanks for sharing @leaky20 .