Name: Cheesy monkey bread
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500g strong bread flour, plus extra for dusting; 7g sachet fast action yeast; 50ml milk; olive oil; 200g grated mozzarella and cheddar; 3 jalapeños, finely chopped; 100g butter, melted and cooled; 100g parmesan, grated; 1 onion, grated; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tsp hot smoked paprika; 400g tin chopped tomatoes

500g strong bread flour
plus extra for dusting
7g sachet fast action yeast
50ml milk
olive oil
200g grated mozzarella and cheddar
3 jalapeños
finely chopped
100g butter
melted and cooled
100g parmesan
grated

SMOKY SAUCE

1 onion
grated
2 cloves garlic
crushed
1 tsp hot smoked paprika
400g tin chopped tomatoes

Method

step 1
Put the flour and yeast in a bowl with 2 tsp salt. Make a well in the centre and gradually mix in 250ml water, the milk and 2 tbsp olive oil.
step 2
Bring together into a dough then knead on a floured worksurface until smooth.
step 3
Put into a clean bowl, cover with clingfilm, then leave for an hour in a warm place until risen.
step 4
Meanwhile, to make the sauce, cook the onion and garlic in a little more olive oil until soft, then stir in the paprika. Tip in the tomatoes and simmer for 20 minutes. Cool, then whizz until smooth with a stick blender.
step 5
Tip out the dough and knead briefly on the worksurface then divide into large walnut-sized pieces.
step 6
Mix the cheese and chillies, then stuff a heaped tsp into each piece of dough, forming the dough into a ball around it so that it completely encloses the cheese.
step 7
Brush a large bundt tin with butter. Put the rest of the melted butter in a dish and the parmesan in another shallow dish.
step 8
Roll each dough ball in the butter then the cheese, then drop into the bundt tin until all the dough is used.
step 9
Cover loosely with clingfilm and leave for another 45 minutes in a warm place.Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Bake the bread for 50 minutes. Turn the tin over onto a surface and give a tap to release it but leave in place for 5 minutes. Serve the bread warm with the dipping sauce.