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Braided Basil Pesto Bread Recipe

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Braided Basil Pesto Bread Recipe is a bread dough filled with pesto sauce made of fresh basil leaves and twisted into a beautiful braided loaf.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Resting time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Servings 1 Loaf

Ingredients
  

FOR DOUGH

    1 cup = 200 ml

    • 2.5 Cup all purpose flour
    • 1/2 tbsp instant yeast
    • 1 tbsp sugar
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 2 tbsp + for greasing oil
    • Water as per need

    FOR PESTO SAUCE

    • 1 Cup basil leaves
    • 4-5 garlic cloves
    • 1/4 cup almonds
    • 2 cloves
    • 1 tsp whole black pepper
    • 5 tbsp oil
    • Salt to taste

    FOR MAKING BREAD

    • All purpose flour for dusting
    • 1 cup mozzarella cheese
    • Dough recently kneaded and proofed
    • Pesto sauce recently made

    Instructions
     

    MAKING OF DOUGH

    • In a bowl, take all purpose flour.
    • Add sugar, salt, oil and yeast. As it is instant yeast, so added directly. But if it would have been active yeast, it need to be activated first. Click here to know how to activate yeast.
    • Start kneading it into a dough using water.
    • Knead the dough for good 10 minutes.
    • Grease the bowl and dough with oil and cover the bowl with moist kitchen towel.
    • Put a lid on the bowl.
    • Place the bowl carrying dough at some warm place in the kitchen for proofing for about 1:30 to 2 hours.

    MAKING OF PESTO

    • Add all the ingredients mentioned for Making Pesto in a blender and blend to a paste. Keep aside.

    MAKING OF BREAD

    • After the said time is over, remove the lid and towel from bowl. Dough must have been doubled by now.
    • Pinch the dough and release the air.
    • Knead it for a minute.
    • Put the dough on a clean shelf dusted with flour.
    • Roll it into a big flat disk giving it a possible rectangular shape.
    • Spread the pesto over the flat dough.
    • Also spread cheese generously.
    • Now roll the dough into a log beginning of from wider end till the last. Consult video given in this post for better understanding.
    • Mark a cut from the middle turning log into two parts.
    • braid both the logs with the cut sides facing up.
    • Place it in a baking tray lined with greased butter paper.
    • Baking in a preheated oven @180°C for 35 to 40 minutes or until bread attains a good golden colour.
    • Bring it out and your bread is ready.
    • Enjoy the way you want. It can be served hot or cold.
    Keyword basil bread, Braided bread, pesto bread, pesto sauce, twisted bread