My nan subscribes to various weekly women's magazines and they occasionally send her free issues of some of their other publications. Which she saves up and gives out to her grandchildren depending on our interests. I'm lucky enough to get both the cooking and gardening issues. Now I can't remember which of the cooking magazines I got this recipe idea from so unfortunately I can't credit it properly. Nor can I give exact ingredient measurements. But these are such a great idea that I plan on adapting and changing and experimenting with them anyway so I suggest you do the same and go with it a little.
Use a bread mix (the recipe suggested ciabatta) or your usual home made bread recipe. I used a basic white loaf one that my hubby is an expert at, but I am still learning to use. Add pesto to the mix after its first rise to add a nice subtle flavour to the bread itself. Keep it as a dough though until you add the fillings and then let it prove after that point. Below is the filling that I used, but I am confident that it would work with a range of different insides so choose one that suits you. |
Then comes the putting it all together bit. Kneed the dough until you would usually put it into the dish for proving, but this time split it into about ten little balls (depending on how much dough you have). Then roll these out into little circles. In each one, place a good portion of your filling and then roll up and put into a well greased dish.
Then leave to prove for about half an hour or until it has risen a little more. Use your judgement because it is probably better than mine when it comes to bread! To make mine extra special, I mixed up some egg and covered it in that. I really love the look of egg washed (is that even the term for it? I don't know) bread. Then into the oven it goes until it looks right. The technique I use for testing is to pop it out of the tin and rap my knuckles on the bottom. If it sounds kind of hollow- it's probably done!
Then it is ready for eating as soon as it is cool enough to handle. I think this would be perfect for a picnic or barbecue.
Then it is ready for eating as soon as it is cool enough to handle. I think this would be perfect for a picnic or barbecue.