Pepperoni & pineapple pizza braid
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Recipe type: Bread
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Serves: 6-8
 
Take brioche dough. Fill it with pizza toppings. Braid it. Instantly become the coolest person at the party, or just have the best Wednesday ever.
Ingredients
  • SPONGE:
  • ½ c. flour
  • ¼ c. lukewarm water
  • 1 T. sugar
  • ¼ t. instant yeast
  • BREAD:
  • 1½ c. flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 T. sugar
  • 1¼ t. instant yeast
  • ½ t. salt
  • 5 T. butter, room temperature, sliced
  • ASSEMBLY:
  • 4 oz. mozzarella, sliced
  • 4 oz. pepperoni, chopped
  • 1 c. pineapple, chopped
  • 1 egg
Instructions
  1. Make the sponge: Stir together all ingredients. Cover and let sit at least 2 hours or overnight.
  2. Make the dough: Add the flour, eggs, sugar, yeast, and salt to the sponge and mix until fully incorporated. Add the butter one slice at a time while kneading in an electric mixer or by hand. Continue to knead until the dough looks satiny and feels elastic, about 3 minutes. Cover and let rise 1 hour. Gently deflate the dough and chill it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Roast the pineapple until it just starts to brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside.
  4. Divide your chilled dough into three equal portions. Roll each into a long oval about 4" wide and ⅛" thick. Cover the middle of each dough strip with cheese, pepperoni, and pineapple, making sure the dough will fully enclose the filling. Fold each side toward the middle and press together to seal.
  5. Arrange the three filled dough strips next to each other and press all three ends together at one end. Cross the left outside strand to the middle of the other two strands, then cross the right outside strand to the middle. Continue in the same pattern, crossing the outside strand to the middle and alternating sides.
  6. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes.
  7. Beat the remaining egg in a small dish, and brush it over the entire top and sides of the loaf. Bake for 35 minutes, until deeply golden on both top and bottom.
Recipe by f-chem 101 at http://www.fchem101.myerspdx.net/2015/05/pepperoni-pineapple-pizza-braid/