Tuesday 2 May 2017

Zaatar - Pull Apart Bread

Finally I managed to complete all the recipes in this mega marathon. Better late than never right..
Zaatar is  a middle eastern spice powder made with dried herbs such as oregano, thyme and marjoram, roasted sesame seeds, salt and sumac. I made this at home for a previous recipe. Find it here. I used the leftover spice to make this lovely pull apart bread.



Zaatar can be used as a condiment mixed with olive oil, or can be used to top breads or can be used as a coating spice for meats. It is so versatile and it tastes awesome. I am unable to explain the taste in detail as I am not at all familiar with the unique flavour. But it is tangy, tart and salty and it is so nice. You need to try to understand it.


I am happy that I was able to make the perfect bread dough for this recipe. Ofcourse I checked gayathri's video thoroughly. Since I didn't have a round tin, i tried to bring in the shape in small muffin cups and they turned out like beautiful lotuses. I loved the shape.

The filling is pretty easy as I just applied butter and sprinkled zaatar over it. As zaatar doesn’t have any type of chilly in it, I added some pepper powder while filling the bread. In one of the cups, I added some cooked potato to the filling.

Recipe Source: Gayathriscookspot
Country: Middle East



 Ingredients:

For The Dough:
Flour – 1 3/4 cup
Salt – 1 tsp
Sugar – 2 tsp
Instant Yeast – 2 tsp
Butter – 2 tbs
Curd / Yoghurt – 2 tbs
 Milk – 1/2 cup


For The Filling:
Zaatar Spice – 2 – 3 tbs
Butter – 2 tbs
Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Boiled potato - 1



Method:

  • In a bowl mix together flour, salt, sugar, yeast, butter, curd and milk.
  • Mix to form a rough dough.
  • Turn it on to your work table, and knead the dough for 12 – 15 minutes.
  • Grease a bowl with butter and place the dough inside.
  • Brush the top with more butter, cover with cling film and set aside for 1 hour or until double in volume.
  • Preheat oven to 200°C once the proving is done.
  • Turn it on to the work table, press it, sprinkle with flour and roll into a thin square.
  • Apply butter on top and sprinkle zaatar and pepper powder.
  • Cut the square into smaller squares.
  • In some of the squares, mash and place the boiled potato as a very thin layer.



  • Grease an 8″ round tin or 3 muffin cups
  • Fold each square along the diagonal to form a small triangle.
  • Slightly fold the triangle along the longer side and place them in the bread/muffin tin. This will look like a petal of a flower.
  • Fill the tin with such petals. Start from the far end of the tin and then come to the center.
  • Brush the top of the bread with milk and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes until the top is golden.
  • Remove from oven, allow it to sit for 5- 10 minutes.
  • Flip it on to a plate and flip it back to reveal the top.
  • Serve immediately.












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9 comments:

  1. Lovely bake. It's high time I need to try these pull apart bread. This zaatar pull apart is looking great.

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  2. Lovely bread. And same pinch again. I baked zaatar pull apart bread too. Yours has turned out beautifully. Kudos to you. All your recipes for this month were lovely! Awesome marathon

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  3. Simply loved the shape of your pull apart bread, very lovely bread.

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  4. Zatar bread has been a star today..lovely shape and awesome flavors of the bread.

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  5. Same pinch. Interesting addition of potato there!

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  6. Lovely za'atar bread Ruchi. Such pretty shape to the buns too.

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  7. Great run and that bread has turned out so good Ruchi!

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  8. I remember bookmarking them on her blog. Yours looks so nice and beautiful

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