This Tear and share Onion Heart Cheesy Garlic Bread is unbelievably good, a Homemade loaf stuffed with stringy Mozzarella cheese and herby garlic butter. A delicious stuffed bread recipe you’ll want to make time and time again!
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Surprise Me!
I came up with this after my husband said ‘surprise me’… so I did, he loved it! It has all those naughty elements that are completely sinful ;o) but oh so necessary! ‘Tear and share’ is a poor misrepresentation, believe me, you absolutely will NOT want to share.
Which is why this recipe, is enough for 2 loaves…your welcome!
Why this Recipe is so fabulous!
- Adaptable – Fill the bread with whatever you like, chopped tomatoes, cooked mushrooms, roasted peppers, different spices.
- Make ahead of time – Bake the bread and onion, then stuff with the garlic butter and cheese. Wrap and place in the fridge for up to 2 days before you want to bake it.
- Rewarding – All the way from Scratch! Homemade bread stuffed with cheesy garlicky wonderfulness!
- Delicious – Insanely good!
How To Make Onion Heart Cheesy Garlic Bread
(As always the full detailed recipe can be found at the end of the post on the recipe card)
Ingredients
- 1 Sachet of Quick action yeast
- Salt
- Olive oil
- Warm water
- Strong White Flour
Topping
- Red onion
- Butter
- Honey
- Salt
- Sesame seeds
- Sea salt
- Black pepper
Filling
- Softened butter
- Garlic clove
- Parsley
- Grated mozzarella
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, salt and yeast. Stir in the olive oil and warm water. Form a Dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 5 mins until smooth and stretchy. Split the dough in 2.
- Place each in a separate oiled or lined bowl, cover with cling film, set aside to rise for 1 hour, until doubled in size.
- After 1 hour, turn out each dough on to a lined floured baking sheet. Pat down with flour. Push half an onion into the centre of each one ( see video)
- Melt the 2 tbsp of butter, stir in the honey and 1/2 tsp of salt. Brush some of the mixture over each loaf, including the onion
- Sprinkle with sea salt, black pepper & sesame seeds. Set aside to rise for a further 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 170°c
- Brush once more with the butter honey mix and Pop in the bottom of the oven for 30 minutes.*For a crispier crust, place a metal tray a third full with water at the bottom of the oven.
- Allow to cool.
- Make a garlic butter- Mix softened butter, a crushed garlic clove & 1 tbsp of chopped parsley together
- Slice the bread around the onion, stuff each gap with garlic butter and grated mozzarella cheese (see video below)
- Cover with tinfoil, bake at 170°c for 15 – 20 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
- Serve while still warm
What You’ll need for this Recipe
- Mixing Bowl
- Digital Kitchen Scales
- Proving Bowl
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Onion heart Cheesy Garlic bread
Ingredients
- 1 7g Sachet quick action
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Olive oil
- 440 ml Warm Water
- 650 g Strong White Bread
Topping
- 1 Red Onion
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp Honey
- 1/ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sesame Seeds
- Sea Salt
- Black Pepper
Filling
- 3 tbsp Softened Butter
- 1 Garlic Clove
- 1 tbsp Parsley
- Grated Mozzarella
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, salt and yeast. Stir in the olive oil and warm water. Form a Dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 5 mins until smooth and stretchy
- Split the dough in 2
- Place each in a separate oiled or lined bowl, cover with cling film, set aside to rise for 1 hour, until doubled in size
- After 1 hour, turn out each dough on to a lined floured baking sheet. Pat down with flour. Push half an onion into the centre of each one
- Melt the 2 tbsp of butter, stir in the honey and 1/2 tsp of salt. Brush some of the mixture over each loaf, including the onion.
- Sprinkle with sea salt, black pepper & sesame seeds. Set aside to rise for a further 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 170°c
- Brush once more with the butter honey mix and Pop in the bottom of the oven for 30 minutes.*For a crispier crust, place a metal tray a third full with water at the bottom of the oven.
- Allow to cool
- Make a garlic butter- Mix softened butter, a crushed garlic clove & 1 tbsp of chopped parsley together
- Slice the bread around the onion ( see video), stuff each gap with garlic butter and grated mozzarella cheese (see video)
- Cover with tinfoil, bake at 170°c for 15 – 20 minutes, until the cheese has melted
- Serve while still warm
