Cheesy pull-apart bread with bacon and garlic

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1. Prepare the onion and butter

   Thinly slice the onion and sauté it in the oil until golden. Mix the melted butter with the crushed garlic and salt.

2. Cut the bread

   Using a sharp serrated knife, cut the top of the loaf in a crosshatch pattern to form roughly 2.5 cm squares. Do not cut all the way through the bottom crust, so the loaf stays together.

3. Fill the loaf

   Spread about two-thirds of the garlic butter into the cuts, sprinkle in the sautéed onion, and tuck in pieces of cheese, bacon, and smoked meat.

4. Bake

   Wrap the loaf in aluminum foil and bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C (350 °F) for about 30 minutes. Unwrap it, brush with the remaining garlic butter, and bake for about 10 more minutes, until the cheese begins to turn golden. Sprinkle with chopped scallions and serve warm.

   Recipe by: Danula Vašíčková

Tip: Day-old bread is easiest to cut, as fresh bread tends to tear under the knife. Cut the cheese into thin slices so they slide into the cuts more easily.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Zapečený bochník chleba so syrom, slaninou a cesnakom