Pesto swirls

Name: Pesto swirls
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 500 g white flour; ½ cube yeast; 3 dl lukewarm water; 2 tbsp olive oil; 4 tbsp pesto rosso (red pesto); 1 tsp salt

Baking piquant

Total: 1 hr 55 min. | Active: 35 min.

vegetarian

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Irrespective of age, everyone in our household is a fan of pesto in all its forms. I decided to use a tomato pesto for these swirls, however you can also make them with green pesto. The practical thing about these swirls is that you can pack them for a trip and hand them out while on the go. When I make them at home, they're often gobbled up before we've even left the house!

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Ingredients

for 10 pieces

Yeast dough
500 g	white flour
1 tsp	salt
½ cube	yeast (approx. 20 g), crumbled or 1 sachet of
3 dl	lukewarm water
2 tbsp	olive oil

To assemble
4 tbsp	pesto rosso (red pesto)

How it's done

Yeast dough

Mix the flour, salt and yeast in a bowl. Add the water and oil, knead to form a soft, smooth dough, cover and leave to rise for approx. 1 hr. at room temperature until doubled in size.

To assemble

On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into to a rectangle of approx. 35 x 40 cm. Spread the pesto on top using a spatula. Cut the dough lengthwise into 10 strips of equal width. Starting from the side, roll the strips up into swirls, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

To bake

Bake for approx. 20 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 220°C. Remove from the oven, leave to cool.

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