Italian Bread Pull Apart

Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 350 ml water
• 3 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 650 g bread flour (4 1/2 cups, you can also use a light rye flour if you'd prefer)
• 1 teaspoon bread improver
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried yeast
• 3 tablespoons prepared pesto sauce, bought or homemade
• 8 cloves garlic, roasted & mashed with a fork
• 1/4 cup semi dried tomatoe, chopped or left whole
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, more to taste
• 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese or 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, grated
• black pepper, to taste (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put water, oil, salt, sugar, flour, bread improver& yeast into the bread machine in the order listed by the manufacturer.
• 2 run machine on"dough" cycle.
• 3 once finished, remove dough from machine& roll on into a rectangle, approx 1" thick.
• 4 spread the dough with pesto and garlic.
• 5 add tomatoes& cheeses in an even layer,& black pepper (if using).
• 6 roll dough up as you would for a jelly or swiss roll cake.
• 7 slice into even pieces, about 1" thick.
• 8 place pieces close together in a greased cake tin or oven dish.
• 9 cover& leave to rise in a warm place, this will take about 1 hour to double in size.
• 10 bake in a 190 degrees c oven for 30-40 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 11 best served warm.
• 12 i'm sure it'd be fine cold too, but it never lasts that long!