Two Cheese Pull-Apart Christmas Tree
with Thyme & Spring Onion Tinsel
Ditch the boring dinner rolls! This pull-apart Christmas tree is the cosy, flavourful side your holiday table needs. Each soft, cheesy pocket is infused with fragrant thyme and buttery goodness. Baked into a showstopping tree shape and finished with a scattering of bright spring onions, it’s a fun, tear-and-share bread that perfectly complements any festive main course.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.
Ingredients
2 packet
Basic Sponge Mix
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Almond, Brazil nut, Cashew, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Milk, Peanuts, Pecan, Pine nut, Pistachio, Sesame, Soy, Walnut.)
1 packet
Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk;)
2 packet
Greek-Style Yoghurt
(Contains: Milk;)
1 packet
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk;)
3
Spring Onion
1 sachet
Thyme
Not included in your delivery
1 drizzle
olive oil
1 piece
egg
(Contains: Eggs;)
⅓ cup
Water
½ tsp
salt
¼ cup
flour
(Contains: Gluten; May be present: Wheat.)
Cooking Steps
- Preheat oven to 240°C/220°C fan-forced. Thinly slice spring onion. Pick thyme leaves.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg.
- In a large bowl, combine basic sponge mix, Greek-style yoghurt, the water, salt, Cheddar cheese, thyme leaves, half the Parmesan cheese, half the spring onion, and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Lightly dust a work surface with a generous pinch of plain flour.
- Tip out dough and knead until smooth, 2-3 minutes. Cover and set aside.
TIP: If the dough is too sticky, add extra pinches of flour while kneading!
- Divide dough into 28 pieces, forming them into equal sized balls.
- Place balls on an oven tray lined with baking paper, in the shape of a Christmas tree (they should be just touching).
- Brush some egg wash on dough balls and bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Transfer pull-apart Crhistmas tree to a serving platter.
- Whilst warm, sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan and spring onion to serve. Enjoy!
