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Italian Cheese Bread

A yeast bread with a mozzarella cheese filling, seasoned with Italian seasoning and garlic powder.

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Why it works: Sesame and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Italian Cheese Bread

Oven350 °F
Time30 to 40 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pan and batter

  1. Grease an oven‑safe pan and sprinkle sesame seed over the pan.

  2. Lightly spoon flour into a measuring cup and level it off.

  3. In a large bowl combine 2 ½ cups of flour, sugar, salt, and yeast, and blend well.

  4. In a small saucepan, heat milk, water, and ½ cup of butter until very warm.

  5. Add the warm liquid and eggs to the flour mixture.

  6. Blend at low speed until moistened.

  7. Beat for 3 minutes at medium speed.

  8. By hand, stir in the remaining 2 to 2 ¾ cups of flour to form a stiff batter.

Layer and rise

  1. In a small bowl, combine all filling ingredients and mix well.

  2. Spoon half of the batter over the sesame seed in the greased pan.

  3. Spoon the filling mixture evenly over the batter within ½ inch sides of the pan.

  4. Spoon the remaining batter over the filling.

  5. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and a cloth towel.

  6. Let rise in a warm place until light and doubled in size, about 30 minutes.

Bake and serve

  1. Heat the oven to 350 °F.

  2. Uncover the dough.

  3. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and the loaf sounds hollow when lightly tapped.

  4. Remove from the pan immediately.

  5. Cool on wire racks.

  6. Serve warm or cool.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

974Calories
36 gProtein
37 gFat
124 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sesame Seed1 tbsp (9g)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sesame + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Butter + mozzarella cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together547 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

All purpose unbleached or bread flour
Forms the gluten network that gives the loaf its structure and chew.
Active dry yeast
Ferments the dough so it rises and becomes light.
Eggs
Add richness and help bind the dough, adding structure and tenderness.
Butter or margarine
Adds fat for a softer crumb and richer flavor.
Mozzarella cheese
Melts in the filling to add creamy, savory richness.
Sugar
Feeds the yeast and promotes browning of the crust.

The step that matters

Let rise until light and doubled. Yeast needs enough time in a warm spot to produce gas and expand the dough; underproofed dough bakes up dense and heavy, while the cheese layer is trapped inside the batter.

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sesame, bread, sugar, milk, butter, egg, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Gingerfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sesame, bread, sugar, milk, butter, egg, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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