1 cup Shredded Cheese (your choice, video uses Monterey jack)
Instructions:
Preheat your Magnifique Claypot Oven to Sear/Sauté Low.
Spread out the Garlic Cloves inside the Claypot evenly, and pour in the olive oil til every garlic clove is covered, about 1 cup.
The garlic confit will take about 40 minutes to an hour to get the garlic cloves tender and perfect.
Once the garlic confit is done, set aside that garlic flavored olive oil for any other recipe, bread, or salad, and wipe out your Claypot.
In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients until evenly combined; flour, salt, and yeast.
Add in the garlic cloves and warm water and use a rubber spatula to carefully mix and stir until the dough combines together. Try not to break any of the garlic cloves.
Once the dough looks formed, cover with a kitchen towel and let it rest in a warm place for about 2 hours, or until the dough size has doubled.
About 30 minutes before your dough is ready, place your Claypot into the oven and preheat both the Claypot and the oven at 450F.
Flour up a clean surface and let your dough fall into the surface gently.
While the dough is flat, carefully layer in some cheese while folding in the sides about 8 times. You are trying to form a neat ball, so keep folding until the shape has formed.
Lay the dough on a parchment paper, add some of that garlic confit olive oil on top, layer the top with some shredded cheese as well, and using a knife, score the bread with an X.
Carefully remove the Claypot from the oven and lift the parchment paper with the dough on it inside the Claypot. Make sure to trim off any parchment paper that flails off to the sides.
Cover with the lid and place the Claypot back in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes.
Remove the lid and bake for another 20-30 minutes more, or until the bread is golden brown.
Carefully remove the bread from the Claypot. NOTE: Yout Claypot is really hot at this point, so please use oven mitts. Remove the parchment paper from the loaf and let the bread cool in a wire cooking rack for at least an hour before slicing.
Slice it up for some great sandwiches, grilled cheese, or enjoy a slice by itself with some butter!
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