We love bread wreaths as get together centerpieces. They’re festive and impressive-looking, and there’s one thing concerning the contrasting textures of the laborious crust and people softer seams in between that’s simply extremely satisfying to drag aside and devour. The one factor we love greater than a bread wreath? A bread wreath wrapped round a dippable cheese like Camembert.
For these unacquainted with it, Camembert is a creamy, wealthy, surface-ripened cow’s milk cheese that originated in the late 18th century in Normandy, in a small town called, you guessed it… Camembert. That is an edible-rind cheese whose earthy taste varies from delicate to sturdy because it ripens. We adore it for appetizers due to its comfortable, melty texture. It’s fairly much like Brie, a straightforward substitute when you’re having bother monitoring down the actual factor.
For this recipe, we’ve surrounded the Camembert with a bread wreath created from enriched dough and baked them collectively. In the event you haven’t made one earlier than, enriched dough goes above and beyond a standard yeasted dough (also referred to as a lean dough) to incorporate butter and sugar. The result’s a barely candy, fluffy bake. And talking of butter, a very powerful approach to recollect when making this bread is to make use of comfortable butter. Onerous butter received’t incorporate nicely.
After a two-ish hour proof (the time may differ relying on the temperature in your kitchen), braid the dough across the cheese and pop the entire thing into the oven. By the point the bread s is cooked, the cheese can be heat and melty. Tear off a hunk of bread, dip and luxuriate in!
Yield
Serves 8 to 12 as a starter or aspect
Time
50 minutes energetic time; 3 hours 10 minutes whole time
Gear
Ooni Pizza Oven
9- or 10-inch baking tray
Pastry brush
Ooni Infrared Thermometer
Components
1 tablespoon (13 grams) extra-virgin olive oil, for greasing
1 ⅔ cups (406 grams) heat water
⅔ cup (140 grams) unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for greasing
5 ¼ cups (700 grams) bread flour
2 ¼ teaspoon (7 grams) immediate yeast
2 teaspoons (8 grams) golden caster sugar or superfine granulated sugar
3 teaspoons (20 grams) kosher salt
fantastic semolina, for dusting
1 spherical Camembert, ripened (inside 5 days of its date stamp)
1 sprig contemporary rosemary
1 egg, plus a teaspoon (5 grams) of water
3 tablespoons (27 grams) sesame seeds
5 teaspoons (75 grams) cranberry sauce
Methodology
Evenly grease a big bowl or proofing tub with extra-virgin olive oil.
Within the bowl of a stand mixer, add the nice and cozy water. Add the softened butter (it’s essential the butter is comfortable to make sure it mixes nicely) and blend with a wood spoon. The butter received’t dissolve, however it ought to be very comfortable.
Add the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt. Combine on a low pace for five to 10 minutes till the dough is silky and barely elastic. With moist fingers, elevate the dough and form right into a clean ball earlier than transferring it to your oiled bowl or proving tub. Cowl with plastic wrap or an hermetic lid. Proof for two hours, or till it doubles in dimension.
Grease the flat pan with butter, then scatter a skinny layer of fantastic semolina flour excessive. Take away the packaging on the Camembert and place it within the heart of the pan. Minimize a couple of deep slices throughout the middle of the cheese, then insert small sprigs of rosemary.
On a flippantly floured floor, use a scale to divide and weigh the dough into 3 equal items. Stretch each bit out into slender strips roughly 24 inches (60 centimeters) lengthy. Lay the items aspect by aspect and start plaiting the dough: Cross the precise strand over the center strand, then cross the left strand over the now-middle strand. Proceed the braid, alternating proper and left strands.
As soon as the plait is completed, curl it across the Camembert on the tray. (When you’ve got extra dough, minimize the overlapping part and bake it by itself as a snack.) Pinch the ends collectively to type a closed wreath across the cheese.
In a small bowl, combine the egg and a teaspoon of water to make an egg wash.
Brush the dough with the egg wash, then sprinkle sesame seeds over the floor.
Cowl the dough with a big bowl or deep tray, or place inside a plastic bag with the top folded over to maintain any air out. Let the dough proof for half-hour.
Hearth up your oven, aiming for 625° F (330° C) on the baking stone inside. Purpose the thermometer on the heart of the stone to shortly and precisely test the temperature.
Place the tray within the oven and switch off the fuel, or, if utilizing wooden or charcoal, shut the baffle to dampen the flames.
Cook dinner for 9 minutes within the residual warmth, rotating the pan 180 levels midway by means of.
If cooking with fuel, return the oven to its lowest setting. If cooking with wooden or charcoal, open the baffle, however keep a low flame, utilizing a charcoal mattress if potential. Cook dinner for 9 extra minutes, ensuring to show the pan each 2 to three minutes. The dough ought to puff up, begin to odor scrumptious, and switch a deep golden brown.
Take away the tray and spoon cranberry sauce onto the melted cheese. Serve immediately.
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