Cheese and Garlic Crack Bread (Pull Apart Bread)
Total Time
30 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Rating
4.93 out of 5 stars
(148)
Ingredients
8 servings
- 1 crusty loaf (, preferably sourdough or Vienna)
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese (or other melting cheese)
- 100 g / 1 stick (8 tbsp) unsalted butter (, softened)
- 2 large garlic cloves (, minced)
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley (, finely chopped)
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
Step 2
Combine butter, garlic and salt in a heatproof bowl and melt in the microwave. Stir through parsley.
Step 3
Cut the bread on a diagonal into 2cm/1" diamonds but do not cut all the way through the bread.
Step 4
Use your fingers or a knife to pry open each crack and drizzle in a teaspoon of butter and stuff in a pinch of cheese. This might sound like a bit of an effort, but I promise you it is worth it! You don't need to be super neat, it's nice to have some of the butter drizzled over the crust.
Step 5
Brush surface with remaining butter.
Step 6
Wrap with foil and bake for 20 minutes until the cheese has mostly melted, then unwrap and bake for 5 - 10 minutes more to make the bread nice and crusty.
Step 7
Serve immediately. (See note 1 for best make ahead methods)
Step 8
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