Stuffed Braided Bread
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Serves: 3 braided breads
 
A very easy to follow step by step recipe for Stuffed Braided Bread. It uses a simple stuffing of mushrooms, corn and mozzarella cheese.
Ingredients
  • All purpose flour : 3 and ½ cups
  • Water: 1 and ¼ cup
  • Sugar: 3 tsp
  • Yeast: ¾ tbsp active dry yeast
  • Oil/Melted butter: 3 tbsp
  • Salt: to taste
  • Onions: 2 sliced
  • Garlic: 8-10 cloves finely chopped
  • Mushroom: 10 large cut into small pieces
  • Corn: 1 cup boiled
  • Chili Flakes: ½ tsp
  • Dry Oregano: 1 tsp
  • Dry Basil: 1 tsp
  • Mozzarella Cheese: As required
Instructions
  1. Take sugar and yeast in a bowl. Warm the water and add it to the bowl. I placed the water in the microwave for 15 seconds. The water should not feel too hot to touch.
  2. Cover the bowl with a moist cloth and keep it aside for it to froth. Once it froths you know that the yeast has become active. (Look at the picture below) . I kept it for around 10 minutes for it to froth.
  3. Add oil/melted butter to the frothy yeast mixture and mix well. Add 3 cups of flour and salt and mix well.
  4. Knead the dough well for 10-15 minutes to form a soft dough. Don’t worry if the dough is sticky initially as it will start becoming more elastic as you keep kneading. Use max ½ cup of additional flour while kneading.
  5. Apply oil over the dough and keep closed with a moist cloth for 1 hour. The dough will nicely double up. You can keep it for more than an hour till it doubles up.
  6. Gently deflate the dough and divide into 3 parts.
  7. Heat olive oil in a pan. Stir fry the onion and garlic till onion is translucent.
  8. Add mushroom and corn and stir fry briefly.
  9. Add salt, chili flakes, oregano and basil and mix well.
  10. Divide into three portions.
  11. Take one part of the dough and roll it out into an oval of around ½ inch thickness.
  12. Place one portion of the stuffing at the center of the oval as shown below.
  13. Put mozzarella cheese as required over the stuffing.
  14. Make cuts on the dough as shown in the picture. Make sure there are equal number of cuts on both side.
  15. To start braiding the bread, fold the bottom and top of the dough towards filling. Then fold each strip over the filling, overlapping them alternately. Keep it covered for the second rise for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  16. Preheat the oven at 230 degrees Celsius. Place the tray in the oven and let bake for 15-20 minutes. You will see a nice brown colour appearing on top of the Stuffed Braided Bread. Brush with butter. Cool on wire rack.
Notes
The time required for the bread to get done might vary based on the oven used.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/stuffed-braided-bread/