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Pesto and Goat Cheese Stuffed Challah

Name: Pesto and Goat Cheese Stuffed Challah
Cook time: 300 min
Total time: 300 min
Ingredients: 2 large eggs; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 and 1/2 teaspoons table salt; 1 and 1/2 tablespoons Gefen Dry Yeast or other dry active yeast; 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon sugar, divided; 6–8 ounces goat or Ta'amti Feta cheese; 1/4 teaspoon Tuscanini Coarse Sea Salt; 1 teaspoon Gefen Basil or other dried basil; 2 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon water; 1 and 1/4 cups lukewarm water; 4 ounces pesto; 4 and 1/2 – 5 cups unbleached bread flour

Pesto is one of my favorite ingredients to stuff inside challah or babka. Because of the consistency of pesto, the flavors sort of infuse right into the dough as it bakes. Don’t feel you have to restrict yourself to classic basil pesto – I have improvised various versions of pesto made from whatever...

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5 hr

TOTAL TIME

$4.90

PER SERVING