Pesto Swirl Bread
I love Pesto and so when I was making bread the other day and had enough dough for four loaves I made my favorite Garlic Cheese Bread into two loaves and decided to try something new with the rest of the dough. This is what I came up with, if you try it and love it please let me know. I made a slide show of some of the steps along the way but it is hard to take pictures and make bread at the same time so I missed a few steps sorry. My husband loved this bread but he doesn’t love the name so if you can think of a better one just leave it in the comment section and maybe he will find one that does the bread justice.
Pesto Swirl Bread
All Purpose Roll Dough (makes 2 loaves)
Mix sour cream and eggs together till smooth. Mix in butter till smooth. Combine yeast mixture and butter mixture. Let rise till doubled. Form desired rolls, place on pan, and let rise again till doubled. (To make Pesto Swirl Directions follow)
Bake at 350 till golden brown. (about 45-60 min) Forming Pesto Swirl Bread (for one loaf)
1 cup Basil Pesto
1/2 cup Pine Nuts 2 cups Mozzarella Cheese egg wash (1 egg white and 2 Tbsp water)
Roll dough into a rectangle. Spread a layer of pesto over dough. Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts & mozzarella. Roll lengthwise so you get a long rolled loaf. Place on sprayed baking sheet with the seam down and brush with egg wash. Bake as directed above.
August 17th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am
This looks yum-a-licious! Can’t wait to try it. Thanks.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Holy canoli, Danielle, this bread looks amazing! I’ve got a dinner party tomorrow night and was just going to make my usual boring breadsticks but I think I’ll have a go at this! And that’s saying alot, coming from someone who has never sucessfully baked a loaf of bread in her life. (I’m a decent baker when it comes to cookies, cakes, etc. but my bread ALWAYS turns out weird).
August 19th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Good luck! Let me know how it turns out!
August 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Wow…this looks absolutely delicious. I think I’m going to have to try this out. Did you get the basil pesto sauce from the DD store, or will a local grocer carry it?
August 29th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I made my own but if it is on the menu your local Dream Dinners should have it. You would have to check with the one closest to you and see if they would sell some to you.