Sunday, May 3, 2009

Garlic Bread Rolls Recipe


My garlic bread recipe is really simple to bake and is not very time consuming at all.

I use a mixture of brown spelt flour and white spelt flour to make this delicious and healthy bread recipe.

The great thing about using spelt flours is that you do not always need to let the bread dough rise twice, you can just whip up your bread, let it rise once then place it straight in the oven to bake - just fabulous.

You can eat my garlic bread rolls with soup, salad, beans, as a delightful sandwich or just as they are. The outer bread is golden and crisp while the centre of the bread is fluffy, the rolls are as light as a feather to hold in your hand.

Spelt flour is very healthy for you as it contains Vitamin B3, Maganese, Copper, Phosphorus and Fiber. Spelt is also well known for being easier to digest than normal wheat. Spelt does contain gluten so is not suitable for celiacs.





Ingredients for Spelt Garlic Bread Rolls

8oz White spelt flour
8oz Brown spelt flour
1 Sachet Yeast (7g)
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Rice bran oil
Warm water

Garlic Filling
4-6 Garlic cloves
Bunch fresh parsley
Salt to season
Pinch dried Chives
2 Tbsp Rice bran oil
1 large tsp Sunflower margarine


How to make Garlic Bread Rolls



Place all of the dry ingredients into a bowl and stir together.

Add enough warm water a little at a time until you get a dough.

Knead the dough with a dough hook or by hand for 5-10 minutes.



Mix all of the garlic filling mixture in a small bowl.




Cut the dough in half, take the piece of the dough and cut into 3 chunks.

Roll out of stretch using your hands in a long oval shape, place all 3 ovals onto a greased and floured baking tray.

Spread the garlic bread filling mixture onto the flat dough making sure you leave a gap for the edges.


Roll each flat garlic bread up.



Cover lightly with plastic wrap, plastic food bag or a clean damp towel.


Leave in a warm place for 20-30 minutes or until doubled in size.



Bake in a hot oven at Gas mark 7 or 220C for 15-20 minutes or until golden.

Place straight onto a cooling rack.



Enjoy Chef Jeenas Garlic Bread Recipe.


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Friday, May 1, 2009

Soup and Stew Recipes




Quick and easy bread casserole

Hot bread-based dishes like this one are a popular party food in Iceland. I have rarely attended a birthday party, graduation, or other get-together in the last 10 years or so where the hosts didn’t serve at least one hot bread dish, either a stuffed bread roll or a casserole.

These dishes generally contain cheese, usually either mushrooms or asparagus (often both), and sometimes chopped bell peppers or crushed pineapple. In the beginning the sauce was usually a can of Campbell’s condensed mushroom or asparagus soup mixed with cream, and the dish was topped with cheese, but these days the sauce is usually made from scratch, using some combination of:
  • melted white or blue mould cheese (e.g. Camembert or Brie), or
  • melted flavoured block cheese, or
  • cream cheese, or
  • cheese spread
mixed with cream and/or mayonnaise and the liquid from the mushrooms and/or asparagus.

Protein is usually provided in the form of ham or shrimp, but chicken can be used as well.

The spices vary. I have seen recipes that use sweet paprika like this one, but also curry powder, Season-All, or garlic. This is the first and only dish of this kind I have tasted that uses mustard as a flavouring, and I have to say it stands out for that reason, especially if you use hot Dijon-style mustard. However, not everyone likes hot mustard, so if you want a crowd pleaser, use sweet mustard instead, or leave it out altogether.

Fresh substitutions can be made for the canned mushrooms and asparagus, in which case don’t forget to prepare some mushroom and asparagus stock to replace the liquid from the cans. Water will not do as a replacement for the liquid, and you will lose some flavour if you use extra cream or milk instead of the liquid.

The recipe:

  • 50 ml cream
  • 200 g mushroom-flavoured cheese spread
  • 1 tbs mayonnaise
  • 1 small can green asparagus, liquid included
  • 1 small can mushrooms, liquid included (looks better with whole small button mushrooms, but the big sliced ones taste the same)
  • 2 tbs mustard. The original recipe says to use sweet mustard, but I like the bite Dijon mustard adds to the dish
  • 3-4 slices of bread. I prefer whole wheat, but white is fine too. Crusts may be kept or removed according to taste.
  • 150 g chopped ham (vegetarians can use tofu or just leave it out altogether)
  • Sweet paprika powder

Mix everything together in a saucepan except the bread, ham and paprika. Heat through (do not boil) and stir to mix well. Tear the sliced bread into pieces and put in the bottom of a casserole dish or small lasagna pan (don't line it completely, just sprinkle the bread over it). Remove the sauce from the heat and stir in the ham. Pour evenly over the bread, sprinkle a little paprika over the top, and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at 200°C (180°C if you have a convection oven). Serve in the casserole dish/lasagna pan.

This dish also makes a nice little meal for 2-3 people, served with a fresh salad.

Variation:
You can use the sauce as a filling for a bread roll, in which case substitute the roll for the sliced bread, spread the slightly cooled filling on the roll and roll it up, then mix together:
  • 2 stiffly whipped egg whites,
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (e.g. Gouda or Monterey Jack)
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika powder,
and spread over the top and sides of the roll and bake at 180°C until the cheese is golden and bubbly.

This dish can be frozen before baking and popped in the oven when needed.