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Braided Basil Pesto Bread
\nThe Vaishnava Chef
\nBy Chandrashekara Das
\nPesto Ingredients
\n1 \u00bd cup fresh basil
\n1 tsp hing
\n2\/3 cup olive oil
\n\u00bd cup cashews or pine nuts
\n125g Parmesan cheese; grated
\n\u00bd tsp freshly ground black pepper
\n1 tsp salt
\n2 Tbsp lemon juice
\nMethod
\nBlend basil, nuts, hing, salt, black pepper and lemon
\njuice until smooth. Add in the grated Parmesan
\ncheese and process further. Whilst the blender
\nis running drizzle in the olive oil until desired
\nconsistency is obtained.
\nBread Ingredients
\n4 cups white bread flour
\n2 tsp instant yeast
\n1 tsp salt
\n1 1\/3 cup lukewarm water
\n\u00bd cup Parmesan; grated (used for assembling)
\nMethod
\nMix together the bread flour, salt and yeast until
\nwell combined. Add in water and knead until you
\nhave a smooth silky dough. Let rise in an oiled bowl
\nuntil doubled in size.
\nTo Assemble
\nRoll out the risen dough into a large rectangle of
\n5mm thickness.
\nBrush the dough with 2\/3 cup pesto leaving a 3 cm
\nborder on one end and sprinkle over the grated
\nParmesan.
\nRoll dough towards the open border like a Swiss
\nRoll. Cut the rolled dough lengthwise in half to
\nexpose the layers of bread.
\nBraid the halves, cut side facing up.
\nPlace on a lined baking tray and roll into a ring
\nscrunching the ends tightly.
\nBrush with olive oil and bake at 180\u00baC for 30-40
\nminutes until golden.
\nOffer to Krishna with love and devotion.
\nServe warm with extra pesto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Braided Basil Pesto Bread The Vaishnava Chef By Chandrashekara Das Pesto Ingredients 1 \u00bd cup fresh basil 1 tsp hing 2\/3 cup olive oil \u00bd cup cashews or pine nuts 125g Parmesan cheese; grated \u00bd tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 tsp salt 2 Tbsp lemon juice Method Blend basil, nuts, hing, salt, black pepper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97720,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97719\/revisions\/97720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}