Leftover Pizza Dough? Make Bread/Cheesy Garlic Bread!

There are very few things in life that are as simple and satisfying as freshly baked bread straight from the oven. Add to that some rich butter and a few flakes of sea salt, or cheese with garlic and basil, and you've got delicious simplicity at its best. 

When it’s time for pizza, I always have a couple of spare dough balls on hand while cooking for friends and family. In part, because I never want to let people go hungry, but it’s also great to have extra dough so others can have a go at making their own pizza.

Using leftover pizza dough is a great way to avoid food waste, and my go-to recipe is bread. One thing I love about this one is that it can be baked in the Ooni oven while it’s cooling down, using the leftover heat from firing the pizzas.

If I’m still hungry and there's leftover cheese, then I’ll make an epic cheesy garlic bread, topped with loads of cheese and garlic butter – my pizza kryptonite.



Difficulty

Servings

Serves 4

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

3 minutes

By Grant Batty

Leftover Pizza Dough? Make Bread/Cheesy Garlic Bread!

Note

The bread can be made with a variety of pizza dough styles, but we think our Sourdough, Neo-Neapolitan or Classic Pizza Dough all work well. Make sure to prepare your dough ahead of time to ensure it rises at room temperature before firing up your oven.


For the bread

1. Fire up your Ooni pizza oven.

Aim for 300°C to 350°C on the baking stone inside (this will take about 10 minutes). Use the infrared thermometer to quickly and accurately check the temperature of the middle of the stone.

2. Take some leftover pizza dough and on a lightly-floured work surface slice it in half using a dough scraper.

Using your fingertips, push downwards on the dough and stretch it out to form two small rolls. Place the rolls onto a lightly-floured pizza peel. 

3. Slide the dough off the peel and into your oven.

Cook for approximately 3 minutes, using a turning peel to turn your bread about every 60 seconds to ensure an even bake.

4. Remove from the oven, cut in half, and serve immediately with butter and a pinch of sea salt.

For the garlic butter

1. Make sure your butter is at room temperature and place into a small bowl.

Add the grated Parmesan and mix until combined. 

2. Add garlic to the butter and mix.

Taste and season with salt and/or freshly ground black pepper.

For the cheesy garlic bread

1. Take a freshly baked roll and cut it in half.

Cover with a generous helping of garlic butter.

2. Top with cheese, then bake in the oven for 2 minutes until the cheese has fully melted.

3. Remove from the oven, top with sliced basil and enjoy.

Grant Batty

Recipe developer, baker and filmmaker based in Cornwall, England, Grant Batty has a passion for all things pizza, in particular creating authentic Sourdough Neapolitan-style pizzas. Follow him @grantbatty.

For the 4 bread rolls:

  • Flour, for dusting
  • Two 250-gram pizza dough balls, cut in half
  • 75 grams unsalted butter
  • Pinch of sea salt

For the garlic butter:

  • 100 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 10 grams Parmesan, grated
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
  • Fine sea salt, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

For the cheesy garlic bread:

  • 100 grams mozzarella, grated
  • 100 grams strong cheddar, grated
  • Small bunch of basil leaves, finely sliced

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