Garlic bread Recipe | Food From Portugal

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INGREDIENTS FOR GARLIC BREAD

Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:

● White flour
● Garlic
● Olive oil
● Dry baker's yeast
● Water
● Salt
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Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.

HOW TO MAKE GARLIC BREAD

Chop the garlic in a food processor.
In a bowl, mix the flour and the salt with your hands. Add the baker’s yeast and mix well. Pour the olive oil, the chopped garlic and some of the water. Knead everything with your hands and go slowly pouring the remaining water. Put the dough over a table sprinkled with flour and knead it well until it’s fully involved and soft. When this process is completed, let the dough rise in a bowl covered with cling film about 1 hour or until the dough double in size.

Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it a little more. Divide the dough in 6 balls and place them in a baking tray lined with tracing paper. Cover with cling film and let stand about 45 minutes. With a sharp knife make 1 diagonal cut across each ball and sprinkle with some flour. Bake for about 30 minutes until the bread start to browned. Remove the garlic breads from the oven and serve hot.

Garlic bread

Want an idea for an appetizer? Nothing like presenting these garlic bread to your friends, they will love it…

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by Pedro Barbosa

Category:Appetizers, Bread, Easy Breakfast Ideas, Recipes

Cuisine: Portuguese

Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings: 6 units

Prep Time:20 m

Cook Time:30 m

Total Time:2:35 h

Ingredients

300 grams (about 2 cups) white flour
5 cloves of garlic
50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
1 tablespoon dry baker's yeast
150 ml (2/3 cup) water
1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Chop the garlic in a food processor.
In a bowl, mix the flour and the salt with your hands. Add the baker’s yeast and mix well. Pour the olive oil, the chopped garlic and some of the water. Knead everything with your hands and go slowly pouring the remaining water.
Put the dough over a table sprinkled with flour and knead it well until it’s fully involved and soft. When this process is completed, let the dough rise in a bowl covered with cling film about 1 hour or until the dough double in size.
Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it a little more. Divide the dough in 6 balls and place them in a baking tray lined with tracing paper. Cover with cling film and let stand about 45 minutes. With a sharp knife make 1 diagonal cut across each ball and sprinkle with some flour.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF).
Bake for about 30 minutes until the bread start to browned. Remove the garlic breads from the oven and serve hot.