Macaroni Grill Rosemary Bread
 
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A delicious rosemary flavored bread great as an appetizer or side-dish with pasta meals.
Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 1½ Tbsps of Active Dry Yeast
  • 1 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1½ Cups of Warm Water
  • 3¾ Cups of All-purpose Flour
  • 1½ Tsp of Salt
  • 2 Tbsp of fresh chopped Rosemary (for inside loaf)
  • 1 Tsp of Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp of melted Butter (for topping)
  • 1 Tbsp of fresh chopped Rosemary (for topping)
  • Coarse Salt (for topping)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl (or in mixer bowl), activate the yeast by combining the yeast and sugar into the warm water. Allow the yeast to activate for 5 minutes. The water should look foamy.
  2. Mix in the salt and the 2 Tbsp of chopped Rosemary and slowly mix in the flour (about ½ of a cup at a time). Add in flour until bread is semi-sticky, but does not stick to the side of the bowl. Kneed for 5 minutes (I did this in my stand-up mixer).
  3. Coat a bowl in olive oil and move the dough into the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to do its bulk fermentation rise until it has doubled in size (approximately 1-2 hours).
  4. Once the dough has doubled, gently pat down to approximately the original size and transfer to a baking sheet (recommend covering in Parchment paper for easy cleaning). Form the two loaves into nice ovals and brush on the melted butter. Keep brushing the butter until you have no more butter. Uniformly spread the remaining 1 Tbsp of Rosemary across the two loaves.
  5. Cover the loaves with plastic wrap and allow the bread to proof (second rise) until the loaves have again doubled in size (approximately 1-2 hours).
  6. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Evenly sprinkle the course salt over the loaves. Bake loaves for 18-20 minutes or until the loaves have formed a nice golden brown color and have been cooked thoroughly inside.
  7. Allow the loaves to cool on a cooling rack and serve with olive oil and balsamic vinegar as desired.
Notes
Yields 2 Large Loaves.
Recipe by The Little Chef at http://littlechefblog.com/macaroni-grill-rosemary-bread/