Recipe - Gruyere Stuffed Sourdough Mini Loaves

Gruyere Stuffed Sourdough Mini Loaves

Ingredients:

Dough

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. instant yeast

1 cup plus 2 Tbs. warm water

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. oregano, dried

1 tsp. basil, dried

1/2 tsp. garlic garnie

1 1/4 cups starter

Filling

1 tsp. oregano, dried

1 tsp. basil, dried

1/2 tsp. garlic garnie

10 oz. Gruyere cheese, grated

Dough: Combine the flour, yeast, water, salt, oregano, basil, garlic garnie and the starter and stir with a wooden spoon to begin and once you have it tightening up, spray your hands with a little cooking spray and start kneading until you have everything worked in and it feels smooth. Now spray a bowl and place the dough in it and cover with a clean towel leaving a little opening, so that it's not tight fitting. Let it rise until it doubles in size, which might be anywhere from 1 to 2 hours or more if it's cold weather.

Once it's doubled, lay it on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray and stretch the dough to fit the tray. Drizzle a little water on the dough and sprinkle the oregano, basil and garlic garnie over the dough. Next spread the cheese across the dough as evenly as you can. Now use a pizza cutter or a sharp knife and cut the dough into 4 equal pieces. Next take four layer cake pans and spray with cooking oil. After that take one piece of the dough at a time and pull the sides up to try and make a ball and put into one of the cake pans. You don't have to seal the ball of dough completely, if it has an opening, some of the cheese will run up and down the loaf giving it a nice crusty cheesy texture. Repeat this for the other 3 pieces of dough, to end up with 4 loaves. Cover these with a piece of handy wrap loosely and let rise till doubled again, 1 to 2 hours. Just before the dough is ready, turn the oven on to 425 degrees and let it preheat. When the oven is ready, remove the handy wrap and drizzle a little water over each loaf. Place in the oven and bake for about 18 to 25 minutes. The variation is due to oven differences. When their golden brown, remove from the oven and put them on a cooling rack for about 10 minutes. You can serve these right away warm or you can freeze these with no problem. I make 4 loaves and keep one out for that day and freeze the other 3 loaves. I usually take them out of the freezer in the morning of the day that i want them for dinner.