Day 1 of our 12 Recipes of Christmas special - Spicy Pull-Apart Christmas Tree Bread
Pull apart bread is the by far the best dish for a gathering. Roll it out like a Christmas Tree and make it a holiday pull apart! This dish is known as "crack bread" for a reason cause is there anything better than garlic and cheese on bread? It's always the simple stuff innit?
Serves - 16
Cook time - 30 mins
Ingredients
Red Pepper Dipping Sauce:
- 1 jar (12 ounces) roasted sweet red peppers, drained
- 2/3 cup Keystone Farm's Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/3 cup unsalted whole almonds
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Tree Bread:
- 1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder, divided
- 6 ounces Keystone Farm's Monterey Jack with Pepper Jack
- 3 tablespoons butter, cubed and melted
- Minced fresh parsley
- Crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
Red Pepper Dipping Sauce:
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Place the sauce ingredients in a food processor; cover and process until mixture is smooth. Set aside.
Tree Bread:
- Heat oven to 375°F. Line a 15 x 10-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- Unroll pizza crust on a lightly floured cutting board into a rectangle, 9-inches long; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Cut crust widthwise into four strips, each 2 1/4-inches wide. Cut strips lengthwise yielding 16 rectangles.
- Cut pepper jack into 16 cubes, about 3/4-inch each. Wrap each rectangle around a pepper jack cube; seal dough around cheese. Roll dough into balls.
- Arrange balls in a tree shape on prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes. Meanwhile, combine butter and remaining garlic powder. Divide butter mixture in half; brush half of the mixture on rolls.
- Cover with aluminum foil; bake for 10-12 minutes longer or until golden brown. Brush rolls with remaining butter mixture. Sprinkle with parsley and red pepper flakes.
- Serve rolls with reserved sauce.
Cheesemonger Tip
The more the guests, the bigger the tree! Remember to adjust your ingredients accordingly and send us your pictures at @keystonefarmcheese to be featured on our Instagram.
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