Cheesy garlic bread babka
- Anna Glover
Published: April 29, 2021 at 10:20 AM
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Serves 8-10
Easy
Total time: 1 hr and 20 mins
plus proving
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Garlic bread meets babka in this cheesy bread recipe, perfect as a tear-and-share for weekend gatherings
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Make this cheesy garlic bread babka, then check out our garlic bread, wild garlic soda bread, wholemeal bread and more bread recipes. For a sweet version, try our chocolate babka.
Ingredients
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100ml whole milk
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275g strong white bread flour
plus extra for dusting, optional
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¼ tsp cayenne pepper
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1 tbsp caster sugar
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1 tsp fast-action dried yeast
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2 medium eggs
at room temperature
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75g unsalted butter
at room temperature, cut into cubes
FILLING
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75g unsalted butter
softened
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3 cloves garlic
crushed
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a handful flat-leaf parsley
finely chopped
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75g cheddar
grated
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75g mozzarella from a block
finely chopped
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Method
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step 1
Heat the milk in a small pan over a low heat until warm but not hot. Put the flour and cayenne in the bowl of a stand mixer. Tip ¼ tsp of salt into one side of the bowl, and the sugar and yeast into the other. Mix each side into the flour with your hands, then use the dough hook attachment to mix until completely combined.
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step 2
Pour in the warm milk, then, with the mixer on medium, add the eggs, one at a time. Keep mixing the dough for 8-10 minutes until smooth, then gradually add the butter, one or two cubes at a time, until fully incorporated – this will take 5-8 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl – the dough will be very soft.
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step 3
Scrape the dough into a large bowl, cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise for 1 hour 30 minutes -2 hours or until doubled in size. Once doubled, chill for 1 hour. To make the filling, mix together the softened butter with the garlic and parsley with lots of seasoning.
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step 4
Remove the dough from the fridge, and roll out on a lightly floured worksurface to a roughly 40cm x 20cm rectangle. Spread the butter evenly over the dough using a spatula or palette knife, then evenly sprinkle over the cheddar and chopped mozzarella. With the longest side closest to you, roll the dough up into a tight, long sausage. Transfer to a board, seam-side down, and cut in half lengthways so you have two long pieces. Lay the two pieces out in front of you, parallel to one another, and cross them over each other along the length in a plait-like pattern.
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step 5
Carefully lift into a 900g loaf tin, coiling it in if needs be and leave covered with a tea towel to prove for 1 hour.
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step 6
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and bake the babka for 35-40 minutes or until really golden. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then flip out onto a cooling rack and cool until just warm and slice.
Cook's note: For Neff users use your dough proving setting for 30-45 minutes in step 3, this will give you the same rise.
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Anna GloverSenior food editor
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