Milk Dough Flatbread Pepperizo Pizza & Garlic Bread

Hi Everyone

These last few weeks I have been making a lot of bread using the "Hokkaido style" milk bun recipe.

Today I wanted to see how well this type of dough would work for flatbread pizzas and garlic bread.

The main difference between this milk dough and regular pizza dough is that the milk dough turns out fluffy and spongy.

See how the layers of dough are nicely fluffed up...

This is how to prepare this dough...

First we need 1/2 a pint of milk...

We need to warm the milk up a little to help our yeast activate. Its important not to let them milk get to hot or it can damage the yeast.

Just let the milk sit in a pot on the stove until it warms up a little then add in your yeast.For this batch I am using 7g of fast acting dry yeast.

Add one tablespoon of sugar to the milk and yeast, the sugar also helps activate our yeast.

Leave this mixture at room temperature for around 10 minutes to allow the yeast to start working. You know your yeast is active if your mixture has a nice layer of froth on the top.

When it comes to adding the flour i like to add a little at a time. For this batch I used strong white bread flour but any flour will work for this.

Keep adding small amounts of flour until the dough loses its stickiness then work it by hand until you have a nice smooth dough ball that looks like this...

This next step is the part I like the least. We are going to work 1 egg and one egg yolk into our dough ball.

This means we got to get our hands into this slimy eggy dough and work it again adding more flour as we knead the dough.

At this point you can also add in some butter , I chose not to add butter this time but I think the garlic flatbread would be better with a little butter in the dough.The pizza was fine without it but if making garlic flatbread agian I would add some butter next time.

After more kneading we have our dough ball ready to rise.

Before setting the dough aside to let it rise I decided to add some onion and garlic granules for extra flavour.

Place your dough in a bowl or pot that is big enough to let the dough ball expand to double its original size and cover it with cling film.

Feel free to add some olive oil so the dough doesn't stick to the cling film.

Cover with a kitchen towel and leave it at room temperature for 1-2 hours or until it has doubled in size.

While we wait for our dough to rise we can make our pizza sauce.

I have been loving these Cucina products lately.Thier chunky chopped tomatos with herbs (basil and oregano) would make a good pizza sauce on there own.

I like to add a generous amount of their double strength tomato puree for an extra tangy tomato taste. I also added some garlic granules and onion powder. This makes for a very tasty pizza sauce.

Just give the sauce a little stir and viola...perfect pizza sauce...

Ok now our dough has risen and is ready to cook.

Add a little oil to the frying pan, throw in some of our flattened dough...

And cook until golden brown...

Now its time to add our toppings...

Look at that lovely golden brown flatbread, a little bit of hummus and this would be a nice meal on its own...

First of lets add a layer of our delicious pizza sauce...

Next up a layer of Eemental cheese...

Some mozzarella...

This is a mixture of pepperoni and chorizo.... pepperizo is what I call it :)...

Lets pop this one in the oven and start cooking our garlic bread...

For our garlic flatbread we are going two add to gloves of crushed garlic to some olive oil and let it heat up...

Cook the bread until nice and golden brown...

Add some mozzarella....

Give it a few minutes in the oven to make the cheese nice and golden and there we have it , a beautiful cheesy garlic flatbread...

To go with our delicious pepperizo pizza...

Pizza and garlic bread a match made in heaven...

This milk dough recipe worked particularly well for the garlic bread.It is fluffy , milky ,cheesy goodness...

If your looking for a pizza base that is lighter and fluffier than usual this is worth a try...

Do you want to try a slice? :D