Camembert monkey bread with onion marmalade

Name: Camembert monkey bread with onion marmalade
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 100 g butter, plus 5g softened; 500 g pack white bread mix; 1 Waitrose Duchy Organic British Large Free Range Egg; vegetable oil, for kneading and oiling; 250 g pack Le Rustique Camembert, fridge cold; 80 g Waitrose Duchy Organic Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano DOP; 2½ tsp nigella seeds; 3 sprig/s rosemary, 1 picked into tufts, 2 finely chopped; 265 g jar Stokes Red Onion Marmalade, to serve

Monkey bread is always a talking point – especially when each dough ball is so fluffy and filled with oozing cheese.

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Serves10
CourseSide
Prepare35 mins
Cook30 mins
Total time1 hr 5 mins
Plusrising and cooling

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Ingredients

100g butter, plus 5g softened
500g pack white bread mix
1 Waitrose Duchy Organic British Large Free Range Egg
vegetable oil, for kneading and oiling
250g pack Le Rustique Camembert, fridge cold
80g Waitrose Duchy Organic Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano DOP
2½ tsp nigella seeds
3 sprig/s rosemary, 1 picked into tufts, 2 finely chopped
265g jar Stokes Red Onion Marmalade, to serve

Method

Rub 50g butter into the bread mix, then beat the egg with 240ml tepid water and combine to make a scraggy dough. Set aside for 30 minutes.
On an oiled work surface and using your hands, knead for 5 minutes until springy and smoother. Put into a large oiled bowl, cover with a clean, damp tea towel and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
Grease a 24cm diameter Bundt tin with the 5g softened butter. Scatter ½ tsp nigella seeds around the tin and add a ring of rosemary tufts. Melt 50g butter in a small pan with the chopped rosemary and 2 tsp nigella seeds.
Cut the Camembert into 32 pieces (it doesn’t have to be exact). Pull the dough into 32 equal pieces. Squash a piece of dough flat, add a chunk of Camembert and about 3g parmesan shavings, then pinch to close. Still pinching, dip into the butter, then nestle into the tin. Repeat to create 2 layers in the tin, brushing over any leftover butter.
Cover and leave to rise for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 190ºC, gas mark 5. Bake for 30 minutes, until golden and risen. Cool for 10 minutes, then give the tin a sharp tap on the counter. Turn onto a plate. Warm the onion marmalade gently in a small pan or in the microwave, if liked. Serve the bread hot or warm, with the onion marmalade for spooning over or dipping.

Cook’s tip

Setting the dough aside for 30 minutes (it doesn’t have to be in a warm place) allows the flour to absorb the liquid for softer dough with a shorter kneading time. To make ahead, go to the end of step 4, then let it rise in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight. The cooked bread can be reheated in the tin covered with foil in a low oven, or turned out onto a plate into the microwave.