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Garlic bread in the oven “Snail”
Garlic bread in the oven “Snail” – tasty, fragrant, and unusual, it pairs perfectly with first courses. Additionally, the bread will harmoniously complement shashlik, kebab and grilled vegetables during a picnic. This aromatic garlic bread can be easily baked at home using accessible ingredients. The result will delight both you and your family.
Time for preparation: 135 minutes.
Caloric content: 326 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.
Ingredients
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- milk (warm) – 100 ml;
- water (warm) – 100 ml;
- flour – about 400 g;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- yeast (dry) – 1 tsp;
- vegetable oil – 3 tbsp;
Garlic oil (spread):
- butter – 100-150 g;
- garlic greens – ½ bunch (or 3 cloves);
- greens of dill, parsley, cilantro (optional) – large bunch;
- salt – pinch;
- lemon juice – 1-2 tsp.
Preparation
- The butter for the spread should be soft, take it out of the refrigerator two to three hours before starting to cook. Let's begin preparing the dough. The milk and water should be warm t - 32-37⁰C. The flour is sifted through a sieve.
- In a bowl, pour in the water and milk; if they are not warm enough, the ingredients should be warmed to the desired temperature. Add sugar, two to three tablespoons of flour (from the total amount), and yeast. Stir.
- Place the bowl in a warm place for fifteen to twenty minutes to activate the yeast.
- After some time, the bowl should have a noticeable foamy cap, indicating that the yeast has activated, and you can continue working with the dough.
- In the bowl with yeast, add the vegetable oil, one-third of the flour, and salt. Start kneading the dough with a whisk.
- Add more flour and continue kneading.
- When it becomes difficult to knead the dough with a whisk, move to the table. Pre-flour the working surface.
- Knead the dough for about seven to ten minutes. The amount of flour may be a little more or less, depending on the quality of the flour. Form a ball from the dough.
- In a clean bowl, pour a little vegetable oil. Lightly grease the inner surface of the bowl and the dough on all sides. Transfer the dough to the bowl.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place the dough in a warm place to rise. You can use a microwave or an oven for this. Preheat the oven to t-30⁰C and turn it off. Then turn on only the light inside; it will maintain the temperature in the oven. Leave the bowl with the dough in the oven for one hour.
- After forty-five minutes, you can prepare the garlic-oil spread. By this time, the butter should have become soft. Finely chop the garlic greens, dill, parsley, and cilantro.
- Add the lemon juice and salt, and mix until smooth.
- In the warm oven, the dough has risen well, becoming soft and airy.
- To avoid adding extra flour to the dough, grease the working surface with vegetable oil. Transfer the dough from the bowl and stretch it into an even layer with your hands.
- Then roll out the dough into a rectangle using a rolling pin. The thickness of the dough should be five to seven millimeters.
- Using a silicone spatula or just your hand, spread the garlic-oil mixture over the entire surface of the dough.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into strips, about five to seven millimeters wide.
- We will bake the bread on parchment paper on a baking sheet. Lightly coat the paper with vegetable oil. You can also bake the bread in a detachable biscuit form.
- From the first strip of dough (the edges), roll it into a little roll, this will be the center of the bread. It will form a “rose.”
- Transfer the “rose” to the center of the parchment. Next, we will form the bread from it.
- Take the next strip of dough and place it on the baking sheet. Wrap it around the “rose.”
- Do the same with each subsequent strip of dough. You will get bread in the shape of a snail. Do not tightly press the strips against each other, as the dough will still rise.
- Cover the future bread with a bowl for ten minutes and let it rest. During this time, turn on the oven to preheat to t-180⁰C.
- We send the bread into the oven, bake it for forty – forty-five minutes, until golden brown. Check readiness with a skewer.
- Dilute one teaspoon of vegetable oil with the same amount of water (1:1), mix. Cover the surface of the bread with this solution so it won't go stale.
- Cover the bread with a clean towel, let it rest and cool down.
Garlic bread in the oven "Snail" is ready. It can become a real decoration for any festive table, and moreover, the bread is incredibly fragrant. Guests will definitely appreciate your efforts.
