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    Home > Appetizers, Starters & Party Food

    Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread + Some News!

    Published: Sep 18, 2017 · Modified: Aug 14, 2018 by Nicky Corbishley

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    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!


    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!
    I don't know if you know this, but I'm not a huge pizza lover.

    I adore pasta, so I'd never turn down going to an Italian restaurant, but I'll always choose pasta (or meat/fish) over pizza.

    I think it's the sheer amount of tomato paste, the often slightly soggy base, and the fact that every mouthful tastes the same, that generally makes me ignore that side of the menu.

    The only exception was when we were in Italy last year. The flavour of the dough seemed to be every bit as important as the toppings. Simple ingredients and only a few of them.

    I still picked pasta more often, but I did go for pizza a couple of times and it was delicious.

    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!

    That simple, tasty (and not overly-tomatoey style) was what I was looking to recreate when I started out with this pizza bread recipe.
    Garlic bread is always a great starting point - I mean, who doesn't love garlic bread! So the addition of a few more simple ingredients - namely cheddar, mozzarella and fresh cherry tomatoes - seemed like the perfect way to go.

    I use a classic pizza dough recipe for this Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - bread flour, yeast, warm water and a touch of sugar and salt, and give it one decent hour-long prove before shaping the dough and allowing it to rest for 5 minutes before dredging in fine semolina (this gives the pizza a slightly rougher finish with a little more flavour and extra crispness) and shaping.

    That homemade taste is just perfect - I could totally have eaten the whole thing if Chris and the kids weren't clambering over each other to grab a slice!

    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!

    So, getting onto 'the news'.......

    No I'm not pregnant, and nor to I have a cookery book deal (in my dreams!!), but...

    We do have a new blog going live!

    An idea I've had for over a year now is finally starting to come to fruition (made much easier with Chris finishing work to join me on Kitchen Sanctuary a few months ago). It's call Living the Blog and it's basically going to be a place to write about how we, as a family of four, living in the UK, run our blogging business.

    This is a totally new thing for us, but based on comments and emails we've received from publishing our income reports, we thought it would be fun to show people how we do things.

    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!

    Whether that's how we get freelance work, our steps for updating WordPress, what's in our camera bags and what my everyday timetable looks like - we're hoping that if you're a blogger (or if you'd like to start your own blog), then they'll be something there to help you.

    If things go smoothly, we should be making the site live (along with the first few blog posts) later this week. I'll announce it on Kitchen Sanctuary as soon as it's up. ????????????

    The Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread Recipe:

    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!

    Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 1 hr 20 mins
    Cook Time 13 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 33 mins
    Course Lunch
    Cuisine Italian
    Servings 2 pizza breads
    Calories 1677 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 325 ml lukewarm water
    • 1 ½ tsp dried instant yeast
    • 1 ½ tsp granulated sugar
    • 500 g strong white bread flour
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 4 tbsp coarse semolina
    • Topping Ingredients:
    • 75 g salted butter, very soft
    • ¼ tsp salt
    • 3 cloves garlic - peeled and minced
    • 25 g before chopping fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped
    • 8 cherry tomatoes - sliced
    • 100 g mature cheddar cheese, grated (check for vegetarian if required)
    • 100 g mozzarella cheese, grated (check for vegetarian if required)

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Place the lukewarm water in a jug and stir in the yeast and sugar. Leave for 5 minutes until it foams on top.
    • Place the flour and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment. Start the mixer running at low speed, then slowly pour in the yeast mixture until combined.
    • Increase the speed to medium, and let the mixer knead the dough for 10 minutes. Turn the mixer off and place clingfilm over the bowl. Leave the dough to prove in a warm room for 50-60 minutes - until doubled in size.
    • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Place two large metal baking trays in the oven to heat up.
    • Once the dough has risen, tip it out onto a well-floured surface. Split the dough into two portions and knead with your hands for a minute or two, to knock out the air. Form the dough into two balls and let them rest on the surface for 5 minutes.
    • In a medium sized bowl, mix together butter, salt, garlic and parsley until combined.
    • After 5 minutes, dust both of the dough balls with the semolina and stretch out to form two rough pizza shapes.
    • Take the hot trays out of the oven and spray or brush with a little oil.
    • Place one pizza on each tray. Spoon the garlic butter onto the pizza breads and use the back of a spoon to smooth the butter all over - right up to the edges.
    • Top with the cherry tomato slices and sprinkle on the cheese.
    • Place in the oven and cook for 10-13 minutes until golden brown, then slice and serve.

    ✎ Notes

    Nutritional Information is per pizza.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 1677kcalCarbohydrates: 222gProtein: 55gFat: 61gSaturated Fat: 36gCholesterol: 172mgSodium: 2360mgPotassium: 604mgFiber: 9gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 2110IUVitamin C: 16.9mgCalcium: 680mgIron: 13.9mg
    Keywords Party Food, sharing food, vegetarian
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    Homemade Cheese and Tomato Garlic Pizza Bread - a crisp dough with that perfect chewy interior, loaded with garlic, tomatoes and two types of cheese!

    Hi I’m Nicky

    I love to cook and I want to share with you my favourite, delicious family friendly recipes. I want to inspire you to create fantastic food for your family every day.

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    1. Raykem salinay salot says

      August 02, 2021 at 1:24 pm

      5 stars
      I'll try and love it gonna make it again😘

      Reply
    2. Hayley Bradshaw says

      February 03, 2021 at 10:11 am

      Can I freeze the other ball or can I make this as half a recipe?

      Thanks

      Reply
    3. Tom says

      January 11, 2019 at 8:10 am

      5 stars
      Huge pizza fan, but not made my own before. This was so good, will definitely be making my own again. Thanks for giving me the inspiration.

      Reply
    4. Sara says

      September 19, 2017 at 7:41 pm

      Wow this pizza looks amazing, Nicky! And I am so excited about your new blog. I have been following you for some time and you have been an inspiration for me 🙂 I can't wait to check out your new website!

      Reply
      • Nicky Corbishley says

        September 20, 2017 at 1:03 pm

        Thanks so much Sara, you put a big smile on my face 🙂

        Reply
    5. Sara says

      September 19, 2017 at 6:15 pm

      Wow Nicky, this pizza looks amazing! And I can't wait to check out your new blog! I have been following you for quite some time and it would be great to know more about the behind the scenes 🙂 I am just starting out my new blog and you have been a true inspiration for me to get started!

      Reply
    6. Holly Davies says

      September 19, 2017 at 8:10 am

      Nicky, I can't wait to see Living the Blog. I have so many questions I would love to ask you. Sounds like it might answer lots of them!

      Reply
      • Nicky Corbishley says

        September 23, 2017 at 1:40 pm

        Thanks Holly, I really hope I can answer your questions!
        We're hoping to get 8-10 articles out when we go live, but if you have questions, feel free to drop us a comment or send us a message and I'll try my best to help (always good for blog post inspiration if it's a question from one of our lovely readers too :-))

        Reply
    7. Natasha @ Salt and Lavender says

      September 18, 2017 at 5:35 pm

      I'm a HUGE pizza lover, and this looks amazing, Nicky. I'm excited to check out your blogging site as well. 🙂

      Reply

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