Pull Apart Pizza Bread

Method10 steps · about 45 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F.

2. 2

   Step 2: Gently melt all the butter (⅓ cup) with the minced garlic (1) in it, then take off the heat.

   Uses ⅓ cup salted butter, divided after melting with garlic · 1 garlic clove, minced

3. 3

   Step 3: Cut the baguette into slices 1.5–2 cm thick, making about 25 slices including the ends. Lay them out on a work surface.

   Uses 1 French baguette, about 60 cm (2 feet) long

4. 4

   Step 4: Brush most of the melted garlic butter over every bread slice, including some of the minced garlic. Reserve the remaining garlic butter for brushing the assembled top.

   Uses All the baguette slices · Most of the garlic butter, reserving some for the top

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   Step 5: Spread the measured pizza sauce (⅓ cup) thinly over the slices. Top each with the optional diced onion, then mozzarella, then pepperoni (120 g), in that order; divide the measured toppings across all the slices.

   Uses All the buttered bread slices · ⅓ cup pizza sauce · ¼ red onion, finely diced, optional · 1¼–1½ cups grated mozzarella · 120 g pepperoni, sliced or diced

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   Step 6: Stack six or seven topped slices at a time. Hold each stack at both ends and stand it snugly in a 22 cm square baking dish. Fit all the slices closely together so the cheese and pepperoni stay between the bread.

   Uses All the topped slices

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   Step 7: Brush the top of the assembled bread with all the remaining garlic butter.

   Uses All the assembled bread · All garlic butter reserved after brushing the slices

8. 8

   Step 8: Cover the dish with foil and bake for about 15 minutes at 180°C / 350°F, until the cheese is mostly melted.

   Bake pizza bread covered · 15 minUses The complete assembled dish

9. 9

   Step 9: Remove the foil and bake for about 10 minutes more, until the top is golden brown and crusty.

   Brown pizza bread uncovered · 10 minUses The complete covered-baked dish

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    Step 10: Remove from the oven, sprinkle over the optional parsley (½ tbsp) and serve immediately. Let guests pull off the slices. Share between eight snack portions.

    Uses The complete finished bread · ½ tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped, optional