Herb bread with garlic and nut – perfect for barbecue

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At a barbecue, this spicy herb bread can not be missed. But it also fits perfectly for lunch, as a snack in between or as an appetizer. The combination of parsley, garlic and walnuts makes the bread uniquely delicious and particularly aromatic. It is very easy to make. A detailed herb bread recipe with the exact quantities and step-by-step instructions can be found here at the bottom.

Herb bread recipe

To experiment with the filling

As for the filling for this bread, you can let your imagination run wild when choosing herbs, spices and nuts. Choose the ingredients according to your taste.

Instead of or in addition to parsley, you can use basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme and sage, among others.

If you like your herb bread less spicy, reduce the amount of garlic in the recipe. Alternatively, you can omit garlic completely.

Also adjust the amount of walnuts to taste. Instead of walnuts, you can use other nuts of your choice.

You can also season the filling with any spices you like, such as paprika. You can omit nutmeg depending on your preferences.

Perfect for barbecue

This herb bread is an ideal snack for a summer barbecue. Serve it with grilled vegetables, vegan sausages or pickled radishes. Your family and guests are sure to be delighted by the spicy aromatic bread.

Perfect for a garden party, by the way, are still suitable:

Herb bread with garlic and nut

As a side dish, appetizer, with soup

You can serve this herb garlic nut bread in a variety of ways, not just at a barbecue.

With a vegetable salad it passes as a side dish. It’ll give you a delicious lunch.

With wild garlic butter, herb butter or walnut spread, the herb bread makes a great in-between snack or appetizer.

With a summer soup, for example with the tarator, holodnik or Russian sorrel soup, it tastes delicious. But it also goes perfectly with a warm soup, such as borscht, kharcho or shchi, in winter.

This herb bread is

  • spicy,
  • savory,
  • hot,
  • nutty,
  • fluffy,
  • soft,
  • incredibly delicious,
  • vegan,
  • filling,
  • aromatic,
  • with parsley,
  • with garlic,
  • with walnut,
  • with yeast dough,
  • a spicy eye-catcher,
  • easy to make with few ingredients,
  • perfect for a barbecue, as a snack or appetizer.

Snack for barbecue

Easy herb bread recipe

The herb bread recipe that you can find here at the end of the post in the recipe box is very simple. You only need a few purely plant-based ingredients.

First you mix water, yeast, a little sugar and flour into a pre-dough and let it rise briefly. Then you add vegetable oil, salt and the remaining flour and knead it into a soft dough. Let the yeast dough rise for about 45 minutes.

In the meantime, prepare the filling. Chop herbs, nuts, garlic, mix them with olive oil and season the filling with spices.

Then roll out the dough into a rectangle, spread the filling on it and roll it up. Place the roll in a loaf tin and let it rise for 20 minutes.

Now put the herb bread in the oven for about 40 minutes.

How to make herb garlic nut bread

How to make herb garlic nut bread: tips and tricks

  • Instead of parsley, you can use other herbs, such as basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme or sage.
  • You can adjust the amount of garlic according to your taste.
  • Instead of walnuts you can also use other nuts.
  • Flavor the filling with spices of your choice.
  • For the filling, you can also just put all the ingredients in a blender and finely chop.
  • Instead of fresh yeast you can use dry yeast for the dough. You will then need 6 – 7 g of it for the recipe.
  • The amount of flour given in the recipe may vary. Add flour in batches until you get a soft, slightly sticky dough.
  • I baked the herb garlic nut bread in a 25 cm x 10 cm loaf tin**.

Did you make the herb bread with garlic and nut according to this recipe? I look forward to your result, your star rating and your comment here below how it turned out and tasted.

Also try these vegetarian snack recipes:

Herb bread recipe

Herb bread with garlic and nut

At a barbecue, the spicy herb bread can not be missing. But it also fits perfectly for lunch, as a snack in between or as an appetizer. The combination of parsley, garlic and walnuts makes the bread uniquely delicious and especially aromatic. It is very easy to make with this recipe.
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Dough rising time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack, Trifle
Servings 1 loaf of bread

Equipment

  • 25 cm x 10 cm loaf tin

Ingredients
  

for the pre-dough

  • 250 ml water lukewarm
  • 150 g flour**
  • 17 g fresh yeast
  • 1 tbsp sugar**

for the dough

  • pre-dough
  • approx. 300 g flour**
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 heaped tsp. salt
  • vegetable oil for baking tin and work surface

for the filling

  • 1 bunch of parsley
  • 5 cloves of garlic peeled
  • 30 g walnut kernels**
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 pinch of salt or to taste
  • 1 pinch of nutmeg or to taste
  • 1 pinch of black pepper or to taste

Instructions
 

Preparation of the pre-dough

  • Dissolve fresh yeast and sugar in lukewarm water.
  • Add flour and mix.
  • Cover the pre-dough and let it rise in a warm place for 15 minutes.

Preparation of the dough

  • Add salt as well as portions of flour to the pre-dough and knead it into a soft, slightly sticky dough.
  • Knead vegetable oil into the dough.
  • Knead the dough for 8 - 10 minutes and let it rise covered in a warm place for 45 minutes.

Preparation of the filling

  • Press garlic cloves and mix them with olive oil.
  • Finely chop walnut kernels.
  • Chop parsley.
  • Mix the parsley and walnut kernels with the garlic mixture.
  • Season the filling with salt, nutmeg and black pepper.

Preparation of the bread

  • Grease the loaf tin with vegetable oil.
  • Lightly grease the work surface and your hands with vegetable oil and put the dough on the work surface.
  • Roll out the dough into a long rectangle about 25 cm wide (like the length of the loaf tin).
  • Spread the parsley garlic nut filling evenly on the dough and roll it up from the short side.
  • Place the dough roll in the loaf tin and let it rise in a warm place for 20 minutes.
  • Bake the herb bread in a preheated oven on the penultimate rack from the bottom at 356 °F (180 °C) for about 40 minutes. Cover it with baking paper after about 20 - 30 minutes if its surface becomes too brown.
  • Remove the herb bread from the baking tin and let it cool on a wire rack.

Notes

  • Instead of parsley you can use other herbs, such as basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme or sage.
  • You can adjust the amount of garlic to taste.
  • Instead of walnuts you can also use other nuts.
  • Flavor the filling with spices of your choice.
  • For the filling, you can also just put all the ingredients in a blender and finely chop.
  • Instead of fresh yeast you can use dry yeast for the dough. For the recipe you will need 6 - 7 g of it.
  • The amount of flour given may vary. Add only enough flour in portions until a soft, slightly sticky dough is formed.
  • Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the herb bread at the top of the post.

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