I love this bread for breakfast and brunches. You can eat for lunch or dinner as well
The recipe is from Io e il mio Bimby. I made a few modifications due to my palate. Feel free to fill as you wish
Ingredients:250g milk
25g fresh yeast
10g sugar
550g flour
1 egg
50g extra virgin olive oil
10g salt
1 egg yolk (to brush on the top)
Nigella seeds
Filling:
100g ham slices like speck (I used chicken sausage)
100g cheese like Asiago, Emmental...etc, roughly chopped
25 pitted olives
Preparation: Warm milk for 1 minute at 37°C on Speed 1.
Add sugar and yeast. Mix for 5 seconds on Speed 4.
Sift in flour. Add egg, oil and salt.
Knead for 3 minutes.
Put it in a deep bowl, cover with plastic film and let it rise for 1 hour.
After risen, roll out the dough with rolling pin about 45x50cm size.
Cut it into 3 strips lengthwise.
Chop sausage for 5 seconds on Speed 5, put it over the first strip.
Chop cheese for 5 seconds on Speed 7, put it over the second strip.
Chop olives for 5 second on Speed 4, put it over the third strip.
Roll each one into a log shape carefully so that the filling wouldn't come out during baking.
Plait simply like hair. Place it in oven tray that is previously covered with baking paper and Let it rise for 1 hour.
Brush with egg yolk and sprinkle with nigella seeds
Bake in preheated oven at 200°C for 30 minutes.
Enjoy...
Photo: http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2009/12/plait-bread.html 