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Garlic Pizza Bread

For an easy yet delicious garlic pizza bread recipe, look no further! Our version starts with a homemade pizza dough base. Allow a couple of hours for the dough to proof, or make the pizza dough a day ahead. (or if you want to cheat, you can buy a premade pizza base or pizza dough)
Shape the dough into a thin crust or thick deep pan base and top with freshly made garlic butter and parmesan cheese (Optional)
Not only is it simple to make, but it's also cooks in no time. Cut into slices and serve homemade garlic bread slices as a side dish, party food, appetizer or starter.
Prep Time23 minutes
Active Time12 minutes
Proofing Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 35 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Party, Side Dish, Starter
Cuisine: American, British, Italian
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Yield: 8 Slices
Calories: 280kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

Homemade Quick Pizza Dough Ingredients (Welcome to use premade dough instead)

  • 240 ml Warm Water (at 40-46°C)
  • 1 sachet Dried Active Yeast or Fast Action / Easy Bake Yeast
  • 380 grams Plain Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Mixed Herbs
  • 1 teaspoon White Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 tablespoon Olive Oil

Garlic Topping

  • 6 cloves Garlic minced
  • 70 grams Unsalted Butter Bring to room temperature to soften
  • 6 grams Flat Leaf Parsley finely chopped
  • 10 grams Parmigiano Reggiano Optional
  • Mozzarella Optional

Instructions

Garlic Pizza Bread- Homemade Dough - Prepare at least 2 hours ahead

  • If using active yeast*, add 1 sachet Dried Active Yeast to a jug of 240 ml Warm Water (at 40-46°C), stir and set aside for at least 10 minutes, whilst you prepare the dry ingredient.
    *If using fast action / easy bake yeast, add in at the same time as other ingredients in the next step and add the water at same time as the oil.
    Pouring in dried yeast into a jug of warm water
  • Measure and mix the following dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl* if mixing by hand.
    380 grams Plain Flour
    1 teaspoon Mixed Herbs
    1 teaspoon White Sugar
    1 teaspoon Salt
    *Or the mixer bowl with a dough hook if you are using a mixer.
    Plain flour, dried mixed herbs, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl
  • Once the yeast and water mix has become frothy, add to the dry ingredients.
    Pouring the warm water mixed with yeast into the flour mixture in a glass mixing bowl
  • Add 2 tablespoon Olive Oil.
    Pouring in olive oil into a mixing bowl with Plain flour,water mixed with dried yeast, dried mixed herbs, salt and sugar
  • If using a mixer with a dough hook allow the machine to knead for about 8 minutes.
    If kneading by hand - Use a large spoon to mix together, until too stiff then use your hands to form a large dough ball, it will be sticky at this point.
    Stirring the bread dough together with a spoon by hand
  • Turn out onto a floured worktop or board and knead for about 12 minutes until smooth and not sticky.
    Kneading the pizza bread dough by hands on a wooden chopping board
  • To give your garlic pizza bread dough the best rise, place it in a bowl and cover it with a damp cloth.
    Place the bowl in a warm area away from any draughts. For the best results, the dough should double in size and be ready to shape in around two hours.
    * Take your butter out of the fridge now, to reach room temperature for the garlic butter.
    Pizza Bread dough in a mixing bowl being covered over with a damp towel

Shaping pizza dough

  • For a large thin crust pizza base (as seen on this post) use a rolling pin to help stretch it into a large and even circle.
    For a thick base, gently hand stretch the dough. Put flour on both sides and use your palms to shape it. It will make a smaller, deep pan base.
    Rolling out the pizza bread dough flat with a rolling pin
  • Grease a pizza pan / baking tray with some oil or butter.
    Greasing the oven pizza tray with butter using kitchen towel
  • Place onto the greased pizza tray and use your hands to shape it to the base. We like to make a 1 inch crust area thicker than the rest.
    Placing the Pizza Bread onto around oven pizza tray by hands

Garlic Butter Topping

  • Preheat the oven to 200°C fan/ 220°C/ 425°F/ Gas Mark 7. Add garlic butter topping ingredients into a bowl.
    mince or finely dice 6 cloves Garlic
    70 grams Unsalted Butter room temperature
    finely chop 6 grams Flat Leaf Parsley
    *Optional - finely grate 10 grams Parmigiano Reggiano
    Garlic, butter, parmesan and chopped parsley in a mixing bowl
  • Mix together until well combined.
    Garlic butter mixture in a bowl
  • Spread garlic butter over the pizza base
    Optional -Add extra cheese, such as mozzarella or cheddar, if you like cheesy garlic bread.
    Spreading the garlic butter mixture onto the pizza bread using a spatula
  • Leave a 1-inch crust around the outside without the garlic butter.
    Uncooked Garlic Pizza Bread on a pizza tray
  • Place in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.
    Placing the Garlic Pizza Bread in the oven to be cooked
  • Remove when golden and crisp
    Taking out a cooked Garlic Pizza Bread out of the oven using an orange oven glove
  • Slice, serve and savour!
    Picking up a slice of Garlic Pizza Bread

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Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 320mg | Potassium: 76mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 293IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 2mg