Italian themed bread rolls

I really thought these rolls where already on here. A many a request I had a lot and realised they are not. These are my own recipe although I amsure someone somewhere else makes them too. As i use my eyes to measure, my own account of recpie writting maybe vauge, if you have any questions please ask in the comment section and I will by the will of Allah try to help you produce these yummy rolls. For me these are Italian themed hence the name.

I used half a bag of 1kg flour
1 jar of sun dried tomatoes in olive oil, cut up the tomatoes in smaller strips. Add the tomatoes and olive oil to the flour.
1 bunch of fresh spinach washed and chopped.
1 tub of ricotta cheese
1 table spoon of yeast (I use instant)
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon of oregano or you can use rosemary.

Now using warm water bind with hands togehter slowly adding the water at intervals , a little at a time. Now once it has formed into a ball, cover and leave to rise.

Once risen , knock back and kneed a little. Oil a tray and roll balls in your hands or any shape you want. Make one big plait or loaf shape if you wish. Place onto the tray with a little gap between each roll, brush with egg and sprinkle with pine nuts as I never had any I used sesame seeds.
Bake in a pre-heated oven until risen and golden (about 15 mins).

These rolls are great as a snack on thier own and with soups.

will post pictures soon inshaAllah.

‘Chrik Constantinois’

A very interesting , bursting of flavour kinda treat. I saw this first here which lead me to here

Which then lead me to produce these



The only thing I did different was to add orange essence as I did not have any fresh oranges at home.

Thank you Heni and Umm Ibrahim for these delights!

A tasty aniseed bread

A very quick and easy aniseed flavoured bread!






Basic bread recipe i used pain flour and wholemeal . Sprinkled the top with aneeds after brushing with egg.

Wholemeal Baps

Just a quick invention of my own,
Whole meal flour, olive oil, yeast, water and salt. I added some sun dried tomatoes and green olives but there was not many so they don't really show. Glazed with egg and topped with sesame seeds.

See other bread recipes for more details on baking bread!

focaccia (bread)

I felt inspired to try some and here is mine. I used this recipe but tweaked it to my own taste and what i had in. I used parsley and mushrooms. I didn't sprinkle it with sea salt as i was worried it would become too salty but may try a little next time! The fillings are endless you can try anything almost!












Mixed in to the dough Rosemary
Sun dried tomatoes, anchovies, black olives , feta cheese drizzled with olive oil.

When the lady on her blog said she had to be physically restrained from making these foccia's i was laughing but i think its the case here now with me, yes i made another one yesterday but thought it wise to post here
This one is cherry tomatoes, basil in the dough, anchovies and feta cheese with freshly grinded salt, chili and garlic. They are very yummy.

Orange and Cocolate Chip Buns

These are a lovely sweet treat for tea.

I used plain flour
3 eggs
half a cup of sugar
Yeast
grated orange rind
Chocolate chips
pinch of salt and a pinch of mixed spice
although i feel i should have added some melted butter too but didn't.
water to bing or you can use milk slightly warmed.

It's a soft brioche feel i am looking for well keep trying hey.

Wholemeal Baps

Plain flour and a little wholemeal
Yeast
Water
Pinch of sugar
Salat to taste
Egg to glaze and pumpkin seeds to sprinkle.

Bread for tea

In my home we generally have a fresh loaf, rolls or some baked delight of some sort most days for tea time. this is a habbit i developed whilist living in Algeria gave us a cosy feel and tea time without is not quite the same. here's some have a look


These are simply
Brown flour
water
salt, sugar and yeast
shapped into rolls brushed with egg and sprinkled with seasme seeds and pumpkin seeds.
This one is made with semolina, brown flour,a little olive oil aniseeds, black seeds, yeast,salt and a pinch of sugar all kneeded into a dough with water left to rise and shaped and brushed with egg sprinkled with seasme seeds.

Khubz (BREAD)

I wanted to make khubz tagine but my tagine has been spoiling my cooker so i am not using it anymore on the hob.
I mixed 2 cups of fine semolina
2 cups of plain flour
some grated lemmon rind and some salt
Yeast to rise and water to mix

Shaped them out into rounds and sprinkled the trays with a little semolina , pierced with a fork and baked at gas mark 6 for around 20-30mins.

A dense bread

Quick wholemeal Rolls, topped with pumpkin seeds

1 teaspoons dried yeast
8oz plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
1lb wholemeal flour
2 tablespoons oil
Glaze milk and sprinkle wth pumkin seeds
Bake at gas mark 5 for 25mins
Mix all together add water to form dough and kneed cover and leave to rise. return and shape on oiled tray , glaze and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds leave to rise once doubled in size bake.

Savoury Snails (rolls)

Now this is another version of my rolls http://ummihabibati.blogspot.com/2008_03_21_archive.html#7748153451882032791 the same base dough , just different rolling and shaping , easier i may add, but down side i can't get much filling inside, i did minted minced beef and a few cream cheese and smoked Salmon ones. These are great with soups esp in Ramadan as sister jamila does it Savoury http://jamilascreations.blogspot.com/2007/09/breads-for-day.html
so here are mine

Citrus snail rolls

I fancied baking today and some thing filling , i find breads made with semolina are heavy in texture and bite, more filling so in line with my frugal cooking month, i invented these, fusion cooking , i used equal amounts of semolina and plain flour, yeast, milk, an egg, salt and sugar. I grated the rind of an orange about a tablespoon.

I shaped and brushed the rolls with egg and sprinkled them with sesame seeds and aniseed's.
leave them in a warm place to rise before baking.

Bram Brack

A very satisfying bread for tea, simple ingredients and simple method, just some pre planning.
"Delicious Irish fruit cake. Serve thickly sliced with butter."
INGREDIENTS
425 ml brewed black tea, cold
220 g packed light brown sugar
180 g golden raisins
60 g chopped candied citron
155 g self-rising flour
1 egg, beaten

DIRECTIONS
Put the tea, sugar, raisins and peel into a bowl, cover and leave to soak overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch round pan.
Sift the flour into the fruit mixture, add the egg and beat well.
Pour into the cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Leave in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Stuffed Bread Rolls

these lovely stuffed bread roll are something i found on Jamila's blog first but can't stop making them since , so here are mine
1/2 bag plain flour
1-2 cups wholemeal flour
1 leveled tbsp of yeast
salt to taste
1 cup of milk

Make into dough and leave to rise, knock back and kneed before rolling out

Filling
spinach
boneless chicken
salt,pepper, garm masla, tumeric, cayene pepper, tumeric
chesse
Garlic
little flour to thicken


rolling

brush with egg yellow and sprinkle with seseme seeds and bake for around 20mins

Khubz ad Dar

I made some Algerian bread , my version of this very famous khubz eaten throughout Algeria./ /here it is uncooked rising in the tray and here we are finished and ready to consume

ok so the recipe is

half bag of plain white flour
1 cup of fine semolina
1 egg
2 table spoons of sugar
pinch of salt
1 cup of milk
Warm water to form dough
yeast

mix above well to form dough, leave to rise, oil a tray knock back dough and kneed till elasticy, shape into tray by flatting it with your hand. Score the top in a dimond shape with a knife , brush egg yellow on it , sprinkle with seseme seeeds,ansied seeds and black seeds. Bake on gas mark 5 for 20mins. Remove from tray and leave to cool before cutting.

Mine is a sweet bread as we have it for tea time so i add sugar but i also add grated lemmon rind and more semolina, so it dominates the bread so half a bag of semolina and 1 cup of flour. You can shape it round , i sometimes do 4 small round loaves ,one each for each member of the family, but remember to make it flat, as it rises well and if to high wont cook well inside. Can be kept in air tight container for upto 2-3 days just reaheat it in the oven or micro wave. Enjoy sisters i am glad tyou like it!!