Ingredients:

1kg Flour
1 cube fresh Yeast
lukewarm Water
2 Tbsp. Salt
2 Tsp. Sugar
1/4 Cup Olive Oil

Filling:
6Tbsp. Pesto
Olives
Sun dried Tomatoes
Bacon bits

Other Optional filling ingredients: Onion, Garlic, Nuts, Ricotta, Cream Cheese, Ham, Chorizo, Mushrooms, other Cheeses….

Mix in one Bowl: Flour, Salt and Olive Oil
Mix in a cup: Yeast, Sugar and a few spoons of lukewarm water, stir until the Yeast desintegrates.

Poor the the Yeast mix into the big bowl and start adding water to it until you have a good consistency to knead. Knead for 10 minutes, then shape into a ball. Put the dough back into the bowl and cover the bowl with a tea towel and let rise in a warm place for 1 hours until doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400F

Precook the Bacon bits and let them cool off.
Cut the Sun dried Tomatoes and Olives in little pieces

Make 3 equal pieces from the dough. Roll the 3 dough balls flat and round.

Place a backing paper on a backing sheet. Lay the first dough on the paper and spread 3 Tbsp. of Pesto on it. Then sprinkle the Bacon bits on top. Lay the second dough on top. Again spread 3 Tbsp. of Pesto on top. Sprinkle the Sun dried Tomatoes and Olive pieces over it. Then lay the last dough layer over it.

To make the flower, look at this video from Sallystortenwelt (starting at 4.30 min)

Back for 45-50 Minutes.

If you want to use a white butter bread dough, here my dough Recipe from the Braided Bread “Zopf”

In addition:
I wanted to share some new fillings with you and with the Zopf Bread dough, as they turned out very delicious!
My Tip: Fill all the breads generously.

Ground Beef, Onion, Red Bell Peppers, Corn, Sour Cream, Gruyere – Cook the Ground Beef, with the Onion and Bell Pepper, Spice it, then add the Corn , Sour Cream and Cheese and mix it well and fill the bread.

Cantadou Horseradish (Or Philadelphia and Horseradish mixed), Sour Cream, Salt, Pepper, fresh Dill and pieces of Salmon.

Pesto as a base, then Chorizo pieces, chopped Olives, chopped sun dried Tomatoes, Parmesan

Eggplant-Nut-Camembert
Prepare a Cream base in the food Processor: 2 big Camembert or Brie, 15 Walnuts and some Sour Cream, Salt and Pepper. Step 2: 4 Eggplants, small dices cooked with some Olive Oil until golden brown and lightly salted. Mix the eggplant with the Cream base and some Parmesan and fill the Bread.
Sorry for the bad photo quality (Cell phone). One bread I forgot to photograph totally. That one was a base of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, then topped with precooked Bacon bits and lots of Onion, Pepper and some Salt. Finished with some grated Gruyere Cheese and Oregano, then again formed into a Flower and baked for 50 minutes.

I hope you enjoy these Recipes as much as I love them, as they are so easy and great for any Party.

Emily

Blog Post – In the Mood for some Party Food:
So in addition to my last post and Recipe The Flower Party Breads with delicious Fillings I also wanted to give you the idea of making similar fillings and fill them into puff pastry.
All you need to do is you butter a muffin form, cut scares from the dough and lay it out in the muffin form. Add the filling and fold the pastry endings into the center. Bake them for about 20 minutes by 200C/400F.
It’s a fast made Finger Food and you can prepare the Fillings in the Morning or even the night before.
You can play with different fillings. Here some ideas:
– Spinach, Bacon, Potato: Cook the Spinach (I used frozen one), cook the Bacon bits and boil tiny pieces of potatoes. Mix it all together with Gruyere Cheese, Salt and Pepper, then add some cream and an egg.

– Pumpkin, Bacon, Cheese: Grate the Pumpkin, add the cooked Bacon bits, Gruyere Cheese, some Cream and an Egg, spice to taste. (Of course this one works also with Potato or Sweet Potato instead of the Pumpkin)
– Salmon Cream: Mix Cantadou Horseradish (or use Cream Cheese and add some fresh Horseradish), some Cream, Parmesan, an Egg, fresh chopped Dill and Salmon pieces, Salt and Pepper.
– Eggplant-Goat Cheese-Walnut: I used a Goat Cheese with Brie-conistency. Of course Camembert or Brie work the same. Put 2-3 Soft Cheeses in a Food Processor, with about 15 Wallnuts and some Cream, Parmesan, Salt and Pepper. Cut the Eggplants (about 2) in small pieces and cook them in some Olive Oil until golden brown, lightly salt them. Mix it all together and add an Egg. (Makes about 24 pastry pieces).
– Ham and Cheese: Precook the Ham bits with some Onion, Mix it with chopped Chives, Cream, an Egg and your choice of grated Cheese and spice to your taste.
– Spanish Tapas: Mix chopped Chorizo, chopped sun dried Tomatoes, chopped green or black Olives, Cream, and Egg and grated Cheese of your choice, spice to your taste.
– Chili con Carne Style: Cook the Ground Beef with some Tomatoes and Tomato Puree, add some Chili, Corn and red Beans, some Cream and an Egg, Salt and Pepper

– Spinach-Feta: Cook the spinach and puree it or use frozen one, mix it with Cream, an Egg and crumbled Feta Cheese
– Caprese: Chop up Tomatoes and Mozzarella, add some Parmesan, Cream, an Egg and chopped fresh Basil and spice it to your taste.
Broccoli-Almond Bites: Precook the in small pieces cut Broccoli, mix it with Gruyere or other grated Cheese, Salt and Pepper, Cream and an Egg, and mix in Almond pieces and sprinkle some on top when you filled them into the pastry.

And as you can see this list is endless and you can make all the combinations that you love and that come to your mind with the simple adds of some Cream, Cheese and an Egg.

Happy Party Time everyone
Emily