Mozzarella Pull-Apart Bread

Mozzarella Pull-Apart Bread is a oven-baked recipe ready in 3 h. It makes 6 servings, each 550 kcal with 18 g protein. Professional level, 9 ingredients.

Recipe by @anayet_vanille, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 3 htotal
  • Professionallevel
  • 550kcal a serving
  • 18 gprotein
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Mozzarella Pull-Apart Bread

What is Mozzarella Pull-Apart Bread

A soft enriched yeast bread made with a cooked flour and milk paste, eggs and butter, shaped with mozzarella.

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How to make Mozzarella Pull-Apart Bread

Tips from the cook

  • Cook the tangzhong until it is a thick paste, then cool it fully before mixing it into the dough.
  • Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic, as it gives the soft, pull-apart texture.
  • Wrap each strip tightly around the mozzarella and seal the end, so the cheese does not leak.
  • Let the dough rise until doubled before shaping.
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Meal prep and storage

Best warm from the oven. Keeps 2 days wrapped, and reheat briefly so the cheese softens.

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Mozzarella Pull-Apart Bread substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Eggs1 option
  • Flax egg or aquafaba (baking only) per egg (flax: 1 tbsp + 3 tbsp water; aquafaba 3 tbsp)

    Not in shakshuka, omelette, Caesar.

Flour1 option
  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (rice/potato/tapioca) 1:1 by weight

    Pizza dough needs extra water and binder.

Butter2 options
  • Vegan/dairy-free butter block 1:1 by weight

    Soft tub margarine fails in pastry and cheesecake base.

  • Olive oil use about 3/4 as much by volume

    Not for creaming or pastry; base goes oily.

Milk3 options
  • Unsweetened soy drink 1:1

    Thickens less than dairy.

    Still contains soy.

  • Gluten-free oat drink 1:1

    Must be labelled gluten-free.

  • Unsweetened almond drink 1:1

    Thin; tree nut.

    Still contains tree nuts.

Mozzarella1 option
  • Dairy-free mozzarella-style shreds 1:1 by weight

    Caprese/fresh; stretch and browning differ.

    Still contains soy and tree nuts.

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