Eggless Pull-Apart Mint Cheese Loaf
An easy and scrumptious Pull-Apart Mint Loaf.
Servings: 1 bread loaf
Ingredients
for the dough
- ½ cup warm milk
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp instant yeast
- 2¾ cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 25 gram butter room temperature
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- ¾ cup milk extra to brush over the bread
for the filling
- 1 tbsp butter melted
- 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves
- ½ cup cheese grated
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together sugar, yeast and warm milk. Keep aside for 5 - 10 minutes till the mixture becomes bubbly and frothy.
- In a large bowl, place flour, softened butter, salt and ginger paste. Mix well.
- Add the yeast mixture and remaining milk. Knead well till you have a soft, smooth and pliable dough. The dough shouldn't be sticky. Add very little flour if the dough is sticky.
- Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a well oiled bowl, turning the dough around to coat completely in oil. Cover and let it rise in a warm and dry place for 1 to 1½ hours until almost double.
- Dust the work counter with flour, deflate the dough, shape into a square and roll into a larger squarer about 12X12 inches.
- Brush the surface of the square with melted butter. Spread the filling - cumin seeds, chili flakes and mint leaves. Finally spread the grated cheese on top.
- Using a rolling pin, gently press down the filling so it doesn't fall off when stacking the strips.
- Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, slice the rolled dough into 6 long even strips. It's ok if they are not perfect. Lay each strip on top of the other with topping facing upwards to get a stack of strips.
- You can place the 2 strips from the side in the middle of the stack so that it appears neater.
- Using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife, cut down through the stack of strips dividing it into 6 equal smaller stacks.
- Grease a loaf tin, I used a 8½X4½ inch tin. Lightly flour it. Place the cut squares into the prepared pan, cut side down, stacking against each other.
- Cover the pan with a kitchen towel and allow to rise for an hour.
- Pre-heat oven to 180 °C. Lightly brush some milk over the top of the loaf.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes till it is done and the top is golden brown.
Notes
- loosely adapted from Aparna
- You can vary filling as you desire. sweet, savory, raisins, garlic, caramelized onions. Get creative with it.
- If using sweet filling, increase sugar to 1/4 cup and remove whatever other filling you want - ginger, cumin seeds, cheese, etc.