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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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
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
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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
