Texas Black Gold Garlic Cheese Bread
Recipe Courtesy of Ramona Werst
Prep time: 10 mins | Cook time: 1 hr 37 mins | Cool Time: 3 hrs
Total time: 4 hrs 47 mins | Serves: 1 loaf
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Texas Black Gold Garlic Sea Salt, divided use
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5 slices bacon, chopped (approximately 1 cup)
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½ cup onion, minced
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½ head Texas Black Gold Garlic, minced
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1 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded (3 ounces, divided use)
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2½ cups all-purpose flour (12½ ounces)
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1 tablespoon baking powder
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⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
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2 thick slices jalapeño jack cheese (4 ounces, from deli) cut into ½ inch cubes, approximately 1 cup
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1 cup whole milk
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½ cup sour cream (4 ounces)
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3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
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1 large egg
Instructions
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In a coffee grinder or small food processor, grind Texas Black Gold Garlic Sea Salt until finely ground. Measure 1 tablespoon and another 1 teaspoon and set aside.
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In a skillet, cook bacon over medium heat, just until it starts to brown, approximately 1-2 minutes. Add onion and minced Texas Black Gold Garlic, continuing to cook until bacon is crisp and onion is soft, approximately 1-2 minutes longer. Transfer to small bowl and allow to cool.
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Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8½-inch by 4½-inch loaf pan, and line the bottom with parchment paper. Grease the parchment paper. Sprinkle ½ cup Parmesan evenly in bottom of pan.
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Whisk flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon finely ground Texas Black Gold Garlic Sea Salt, pepper and cayenne pepper together in large bowl. Add the cheese cubes and bacon mixture; using your fingers, coat until all is separated and coated with flour mixture.
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Whisk milk, sour cream, butter and egg together in a second bowl. Gently fold milk mixture into flour mixture until just combined. (Batter will be heavy and thick; do not over-mix.)
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Scoop batter into prepared loaf pan and spread to smooth top. Sprinkle remaining ½ cup Parmesan evenly over top of bread. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the finely ground Texas Black Gold Garlic Sea Salt evenly over the top of the Parmesan layer.
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Bake loaf until golden brown, rotating loaf pan halfway through baking, approximately 50-60 minutes. Use a cake tester or long wooden skewer and insert in center of loaf. It’s done when it comes out clean. (Make sure not to insert through a chunk of cheese.)
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Remove from oven and allow to cook on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove loaf from pan and discard parchment paper. Let cool completely on wire rack, approximately 3 hours before slicing.
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To slice, use a serrated bread knife turning bread loaf on its side, slicing through the side crust. This will make sure the bottom and crusty top is sliced through and not torn.
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To serve, top with butter. Also good toasted, buttered and also spread with Bacon Jam