Sourdough Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread – 60-Minute Recipe
A soft, buttery, and cheesy pull‑apart bread made with 100 % sourdough and roasted garlic. The tangzhong method gives it a tender crumb, while the garlic‑cheddar butter adds a rich, aromatic flavor, perfect for sharing warm straight from the oven.
Recipe by Gordon Ramsay· Structured by ReelsMeals
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Tangzhong
- 0.53 oz bread flour
- 3 1/2 oz whole milk
Dough
- 9 7/10 oz strong bread flour
- 2 3/5 oz active sourdough starter
- 2 4/5 oz whole milk
- 1 2/5 oz cream cheese
- 5/8 oz sugar
- 1 egg
- 0.71 oz butter
- 0.35 oz salt
- tangzhong
Garlic Butter
- 1 roasted garlic
- 2 1/2 oz butter
- fresh parsley
- 3 1/2 oz cheddar cheese
Instructions
- 1Cook the tangzhong by whisking 15 g bread flour with 100 g whole milk until thick, then let it cool.
- 2In a mixing bowl combine 275 g strong bread flour, 75 g active sourdough starter, the cooled tangzhong, 80‑100 g whole milk, 40 g cream cheese, 18 g sugar, 1 large egg, 20 g butter and 10 g salt; mix and knead until smooth and elastic.
- 3Bulk ferment the dough until well risen and airy.
- 4Prepare the garlic butter by mixing the softened butter with the flesh of 1 whole head roasted garlic, fresh parsley and 100 g grated cheddar.
- 5Roll the dough to roughly 30 × 30 cm, spread the garlic butter and additional cheddar evenly over the surface.
- 6Cut the dough into 16 squares, stack them, and place the stack vertically in a loaf tin.
- 7Proof the assembled loaf until beautifully puffy.
- 8Sprinkle a little more cheese on top and bake in a fan‑forced oven at 170‑347°F for 25‑35 minutes until golden and melted.
- 9Serve warm, pulling apart the cheesy, garlicky layers.
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Cool the tangzhong
Allow the cooked tangzhong to cool completely before mixing it into the dough.
Spread butter evenly
After rolling the dough, spread the garlic‑cheddar butter uniformly before cutting into squares.
Stack squares vertically
Cut the rolled dough into 16 squares, stack them, and place the stack upright in the loaf tin.
Check early for doneness
Begin checking the loaf at 25 minutes.
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Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to make Sourdough Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread?
- About 1 hour in total: 30 minutes of prep and 30 minutes of cooking.
- How many servings does this Sourdough Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread recipe make?
- This recipe makes 8 servings as written; ingredient quantities on this page can be scaled.
- Where does this Sourdough Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread recipe come from?
- It was shared by Gordon Ramsay on instagram.com. ReelsMeals structured the original post into this step-by-step card; the original is linked above.