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    Home > Breads

    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip

    Published: May 27, 2017 · Modified: Jun 4, 2018 by Nicky Corbishley

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    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!

    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!It’s hot and I just want to sit in the garden all day and drink iced coffee.

    I had so much work I wanted to do yesterday – mostly trying to get ahead on a few recipe posts because the kids are off school next week. In the end, I managed about 5% of what I set out to do.

    If it was freelance work, with a deadline agreed with someone else, it would be a different story, but when I’ve got myself to answer too? Yeah, that sunny garden called to me all day.

    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!

    And we’ve actually got a garden now! After all the house extension work, the garden was just a bit of a muddy, overgrown mess.

    We finally managed to get rid of the big shed and other stuff that was taking up garden space, then this week was spent digging and levelling. The grass went down yesterday and the transformation is wonderful!

    Chris was off work yesterday too (which doesn’t help when I’m trying to motivate myself to work in the office). So I bunked off and we went to the garden centre to pick up plants and a cute little water feature.

    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!

    I also spotted some gorgeous blue flower pot bases/saucers that I thought would make good plates for food photos (ALWAYS on the lookout for photo props!).

    The day ended with a couple of cocktails (made with barbecued peach and whisky yum!) and a last minute BBQ. Totally perfect!

    Except I’m now waaaay behind on everything!

    Fortunately I had this recipe photographed and pretty much ready to go. An updated version of my dough balls, this one has bacon and spinach with two layers of warm, fluffy dough balls.

    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!

    Perfect for sharing (just add a salad and plonk this in the middle of the table for everyone to share for dinner), it makes a great party appetiser or BBQ side dish.

    The Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip Recipe:

    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!

    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 1 hour hr 50 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer, Party Food
    Cuisine American, British
    Servings 6 makes 24-28 dough balls
    Calories 661 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    Dough Balls:

    • 500 g strong white bread flour
    • 10 g salt
    • 25 g caster sugar
    • 10 g instant yeast
    • 30 g unsalted butter, softened
    • 300 ml warm (but not hot) milk
    • 1 tbsp vegetable or olive oil

    Cheesy Bacon Dip:

    • 200 g cream cheese
    • 100 ml soured cream
    • 2 cloves garlic - peeled and crushed
    • 120 g mature cheddar cheese, grated
    • 30 g parmesan, grated
    • 35 g fresh baby spinach, washed and finely chopped
    • 12 rashers cooked streaky bacon - chopped
    • pinch of black pepper

    Also:

    • 1 tbsp melted unsalted butter
    • Two sprigs of parsley - roughly torn

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Place the flour in a food mixer bowl with dough hook attachment. Add the salt and sugar to one side of the bowl, and the instant yeast to the other side (yeast and salt don’t like to be in direct contact). Add in the butter and milk. Turn the mixer on to a medium speed and let it mix the dough ingredients, then let run for 7-8 minutes. The dough will be wet and sticky at first, but will be soft and smooth towards the end.
    • Wipe a little oil around the inside of a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl. Cover with clingfilm and allow to prove in a warm room for about an hour, until doubled in size.
    • Take a large, oven -proof dish or pan – approx. 30-35cm diameter. Place an oven-proof upturned bowl (approx. 10-12cm diameter) in the middle of the pan. Then lightly brush the outside of the bowl with a little oil – this will stop the doughballs from sticking to it.
    • Once the dough has doubled in size, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knock the air back out of it by folding it in on itself repeatedly. Divide the dough into small, equal size pieces, weighing approximately 30g each. Roll each portion into a ball. Arrange the dough balls around the small bowl in the centre. Leave a little bit of space between each ball so they can expand. Cover the dish in clingfilm and leave to prove for another 30-40 mins.
    • Preheat the oven to 190C/375F.
    • Make the dip by mixing together all of the dip ingredients, except 2 tbsp of the cheddar and 2 tbsp of the chopped bacon.
    • Once the dough has proved, carefully remove the bowl from the centre of the dish. Spoon the dip into the centre. Sprinkle with the reserved cheese and bacon.
    • Place the dish in the oven in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the buns and dip are golden. Take out of the oven and brush the melted butter on the rolls whilst they’re still hot. Leave the dough balls to cool for 10 minutes before sprinkling on the parsley and serving.

    ✎ Notes

    Nutritional Information is per serving.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 661kcalCarbohydrates: 73gProtein: 20gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 1012mgPotassium: 289mgFiber: 2gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1380IUVitamin C: 2.1mgCalcium: 315mgIron: 4.3mg
    Keywords Any Time Of the year, Party Food, sharing food
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    Dough Balls with Creamy Spinach and Bacon Dip - great for parties, BBQs or a family lunch where everyone can dig in!

    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. Walter says

      June 01, 2020 at 5:00 am

      5 stars
      Was an instant succes yesterday with our gathering

      Reply
    2. Tom says

      June 05, 2018 at 7:10 pm

      5 stars
      I've made the other dough ball recipe on your site and was enjoyed by all the family. This one was enjoyed even more if that's possible ( think it's the addition of bacon!). Keep these delicious recipes coming.

      Reply

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