Bread Rolls With Spinach And Sun-dried Tomatoes

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These bread rolls with spinach, sun dried tomatoes, and pine nuts are perfect for those days when you want to make something special with no effort.

There is nothing homier than a loaf of homemade bread, and if you add some of your family favorite vegetables, nuts, and cheese,  you know you are making everybody happy.

I usually make those rolls on a winter day, when we are having a healthy minestrone soup and the boys want some yummy bread to deep into it.

I put plenty of cheese and they even enjoy having some extra vegetables mixed inside the bread.

I make the dough in the bread machine, and it is the same dough I use for my Panini bread.

If you don’t have the bread machine you can find here How to make the dough without a bread machine.

Once the dough is done you roll it flat and cover with your favorite mix of vegetables, cheese, and some nuts.

Here I used gruyere cheese because I like a strong cheese with the sun-dried tomatoes, but you can use any cheese.

Mozzarella will give you a nice stringy cheese taste.

I use the sun-dried tomatoes my mom sends me from Calabria.

They are locally grown and dried and you can taste the sun at each bite.

They are put in bags at the counter, straight from the barrel where they are sold by weight.

They last for months because they are salted and completely dried.

Before using them I just immerse them in very hot water (at boiling point) to clean and disinfect them.

They are one of my favorite pantry backup-vegetables, I can always count on them when I have no fresh vegs in the fridge.

Frozen spinach is another of my backup vegetables resources.

They are among the few vegetables that freeze well and always ready to use when you have no fresh vegetables left.

If you want to know more about how I buy my vegetables you can read the article: The Time-saving Vegetable Rule

I love my Bread Rolls with vegs, cheese, and nuts.

If there are any leftover I can freeze them or have them for lunch instead of the usual sandwich.

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Bread Rolls With Spinach And Sun-dried Tomatoes

These bread rolls with spinach, sundry tomatoes, and pine nuts are perfect for those days when you want to make something special with no effort. #yourguardianchef #breadrecipes #homemade #rolls

Prep Time2 hrs

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time2 hrs 30 mins

Course: Bread

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 14 rolls

Calories: 279kcal

Author: Laura Tobin

Ingredients

For the dough

• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 egg
• 3 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1 pkg bread Yeast I prefer Active dry

For the filling

• 10 oz frozen spinach
• 1 onion
• 5 oz sun dried tomatoes
• 1 cup Gruyere cheese
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 2 tbsp oil for frying

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Instructions

Prepare the dough

• Load the ingredients into the machine and set the program for fresh dough (number 10 for Kenwood). The dough will be ready in 1.5 hours.IMPORTANT: in the bread machine the ingredients should be placed in the exact order as listed above, liquids first.
• Before you take out the dough from the bread machine basket, make sure you have sprinkled the surfaced of the board with plenty of flour. The dough will be sticky so you need to coat it with flour immediately to stop it from sticking to your hands.

Prepare the filling

• Stir-fry the spinach with an onion until they defrost completely. Let it cool down
  
• Prepare the sundried tomatoes and minced them in small pieces
  

Prepare the rolls

• Roll the dough into a rectangular shape
  
• Spread the spinach and sun dried tomatoes. Sprinkle with cheese and pine nuts
  
• Roll the dough over one side
  
• Cut the rolled dough into slices
  
• Put the rolls on a baking tin leave enough space around it as they will rise
  
• Let them rest for 30 minutes
  
• Cook them for 30 minutes at 180C
  
• Once they are ready, arrange into a bread basket and serve
  

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Bread Rolls With Spinach And Sun-dried Tomatoes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 279 Calories from Fat 99

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 11g 17%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 32mg 11%

Sodium 362mg 15%

Potassium 511mg 15%

Total Carbohydrates 35g 12%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 8g

Protein 9g 18%

Vitamin A 54%

Vitamin C 6.9%

Calcium 16.1%

Iron 16.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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