Pull Apart Cheesy Bread

Pull Apart Cheesy Bread

A crusty round loaf cut into pull-apart pieces, packed with mozzarella and cheddar, and baked with garlic-parsley butter.

Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oven to 190°C. Line a baking sheet with a large sheet of aluminum foil.

    Cookware: aluminum foil, baking sheet

  2. Step 2

    Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat, then remove it from the heat.

    Timer: 3 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 84.0 gr Unsalted Butter

    Cookware: small saucepan

  3. Step 3

    Stir the garlic, parsley, and salt into the melted butter.

    Ingredients used: 12.0 gr Garlic, 8.0 gr Parsley, 2.0 gr Salt

    Cookware: small saucepan, spoon

  4. Step 4

    Place the loaf on a cutting board. Cut a 2.5 cm crosshatch pattern across the top, stopping about 1 cm above the base so the loaf remains intact.

    Ingredients used: 1.0 piece Crusty Bread

    Cookware: Chef Knife, cutting board

  5. Step 5

    Mix the mozzarella and cheddar, then tuck the cheese deeply and evenly into every cut in the loaf.

    Ingredients used: 100.0 gr Cheddar Cheese, 200.0 gr Mozzarella

  6. Step 6

    Spoon the garlic-parsley butter into the cuts and over the top of the loaf.

    Cookware: small saucepan, spoon

  7. Step 7

    Set the loaf on the prepared baking sheet and wrap it loosely in the foil. Bake at 190°C until the cheese has melted through the center.

    Timer: 15 min (fixed)

    Cookware: aluminum foil, baking sheet

  8. Step 8

    Open the foil and bake until the top is crisp and the cheese is lightly browned.

    Timer: 10 min (fixed)

    Cookware: aluminum foil, baking sheet

  9. Step 9

    Rest the bread before serving warm so the pieces can be pulled apart safely.

    Timer: 5 min (fixed)

Nutrition (Estimated)

Food safety

Caution: low

Serve carefully while warm. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours and reheat until hot throughout, ideally to 74°C.

Risk factors

  • Knife handling while crosshatching the loaf
  • Hot steam, foil, and melted cheese
  • Perishable cheese and butter in leftovers