Blooming Onion Bread

Last year when I had started baking breads, I had come across this blooming Onion bread on you tube. I had tried a small version of it once with some left over dough. Its absolutely cheesy and buttery with the amazing flavour of spring onions and garlic. Perfect for a cold or rainy evening with a piping hot cup of tea or soup. You can use any bread as the base or even use buns or ladi pav. I have used a combination of whole wheat flour and semolina to make the bread. 

Ingredients:

For the bread:

• Whole wheat flour 125gm (1 cup)
• Semolina 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sugar 1 tsp
• Instant yeast 1/2 tsp
• Olive oil 1 tbsp
• Water plus milk as required

For the filling:

• Spring onion 4-5
• Salt a pinch
• Butter 1-2 tbsp
• Garlic cloves 3-4
• Chilli flakes as required
• Cheese 100 gm
• Sesame seeds 1 tsp

Method:

To make the bread:

• Mix the flour, salt, sugar and instant yeast and knead a soft dough by using the standard bread kneading technique.
• Add oil while you knead and knead for atleast 10 minutes.
• Place the dough in a well oiled bowl and cover the bowl with a cling film.
• Allow the dough to rise to double its volume. This might take 40-50 minutes depending on the yeast, room temperature and weather conditions.
• Once the dough has risen well, take it out of the bowl and punch out the gases.
• Knead for a minute or two and shape it into a bog bun or a round or oval shape.
• Place it on a tray and allow it to rise again till it is  puffy. 
• Apply milk wash or butter wash and bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes at 180 degree celsius.
• Remove from the oven and allow it to cool well.

For the filling:

• Wash and chop the spring onion and the garlic finely.

• Add soft butter, salt, chilli flakes and sesame seeds to the the chopped spring onion and mix well.

To assemble and bake:

• Take the bread and make incisions on it horizontally and vertically as shown below.

• Slice the cheese into thin pieces and stuff then inside the cuts as below and place the bread on an aluminium foil.

• Now spoon in the onion garlic butter mixture into these cuts and close the aluminium foil.

• Place the foil in a baking tray and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree celsius for atleast 15 minutes.
• Now open the foil and bake uncovered for 5-10 minutes till the cheese melts.
• Remove from the oven and enjoy it warm.

Notes:

• I have used Mozzarella cheese, you can use a combination of normal processed cheese and Mozzarella.
• You can even try it with store bought bread or ladi pav.