Mediterranean Bread Recipe

Ingredients for Mediterranean Bread

Ingredients for bread dough:

• Wheat Flour 2 cups
• White Flour 2 cups
• Inst ant Yeast 3 tsp
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• Warm Water 1½ cup
• Brown Sugar 3 tbsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Oil ¼ cup

Ingredients for filling;

• Parmesan Cheese ½ cup
• Cream Cheese 4 oz
• Dill(soya) (chopped) 2 tbsp
• Coriander(dhania) leaves 2 tbsp
• Spring Onion (finely chopped) ½ cup
• Capsicum(Shimla Mirch) (chopped) 2 tbsp
• Olives ( chopped) 2 tbsp
• Garlic (crushed) 1 tsp
• Oil for brushing
• Egg 1
• Sesame Seeds(til) 2 tbs

Method Mediterranean Bread

• Mix all the dough ingredients together in a bowl and knead very well until the dough is very smooth and elastic about 10 mins. Turn the dough into an oiled bowl cover and leave it in a warm place until doubled.
• In another bowl mix all the filling ingredients except sesame seeds. Once the dough has doubled in size punch down and sprinkle flour on a table then roll the dough into a rectangular sprinkling additional flour.
• Cut the dough into half into 2 rectangles for each dough rectangle spoon the prepared filling in a narrow vertical strip. Using a knife cut the dough into 4 or 5 strips on both sides of the filling.
• Starting from the top alternately cross the opposite left and suitable strips over each other until the bread is braided—Tuck in the ends.
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• Place loaves on a greased baking sheet cover with a towel or tray leave them to rise for 30 to 40 mins. Brush with beaten egg sprinkle with sesame seeds bakes in a preheated oven on 180 C for 20 mins.