Pesto Bread wreath with Camembert

This pesto bread wreath is sure to be the showstopper at any festive table. A yummy yeast dough gets filled with pesto, and baked with a camembert centerpiece for dipping. Xmas can come!

I made this recipe for the Xmas Menu in Télécran Magazine in 2021.

December 15, 2021

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Pesto Bread wreath with Camembert

For the bread rolls:
500g flour (T65)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp olive oil
300ml water, lukewarm
21g fresh yeast
melted butter, for brushing

190g basil pesto
1 Camembert cheese
2 garlic cloves

To decorate:
Pomegranate seeds
Rosemary needles

Makes 1 big wreath + 1 small one (without cheese in the middle) – Prep: 30 Min – Resting: 1h 45 Min – Oven: 20 Min

Put the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Put the sugar, olive oil and water in a jug and crumble the yeast into it. Stir to dilute the yeast, then add to the flour and knead with a freestanding mixer for 5 minutes.

Take out the dough, lightly oil the bowl and place the dough back inside. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave in a warm place for around 1 hour until doubled in size.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knock back. Roll out to a 40x30cm rectangle and spread the pesto all over the surface.

Cut the rectangle crosswise into 4 rectangles. Roll up each rectangle, starting at the shorter side and rolling it up. Cut each log into 5 pieces.

Put a camembert cheese onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Place 12 dough snails around the cheese.

Arrange the remaining dough snails on another baking tray lined with baking paper.

Cover the two baking trays with two clean tea towels and leave to rise for another 45 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200C fan.

When ready to bake, prick the camembert all over with a knife. Peel the garlic cloves, cut each into slices and stick the slices into the cheese.

Bake the two wreaths in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

As soon as the wreaths have finished baking, brush the surface with melted butter, sprinkle some pomegranate seeds and rosemary needles over to decorate, and serve immediately.

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