How to make pull-apart garlic, cheese and smoky capsicum rolls

Ingredients

Serves 10

150g butter, chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1⁄4 cup chopped parsley
2 x 10-pack brioche slider buns (see tips)
200g Havarti cheese slices, quartered

Smoky Capsicum Dip

2 large red capsicums
1⁄2 cup semi-dried tomatoes in oil
1⁄2 cup toasted slivered almonds
1⁄2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season

Method

1. To make the dip, cut the sides off the capsicums and discard the cores. Line a grill tray with foil. Put capsicum, skin-side up, on the prepared tray. Cook under your oven grill on high until skin blackens and blisters. Place capsicum on a sheet of foil and wrap up. Set aside for 15 minutes to cool.

2. Peel and discard blackened capsicum skins. Put capsicum and all other ingredients in a food processor. Process until smooth. Season and put in a small bowl (see tips).

3. Melt the butter in a jug in the microwave. Pour yellow clarified butter into a clean jug, discarding the milk solids at the base, and stir in the garlic and parsley.

4. Preheat the barbecue to 150°C (low). Place an upturned foil tray (see tips) on the hotplate. Cut brioche rolls in half horizontally. Spread bases with 2 teaspoons of capsicum dip. Top with two pieces of cheese, brush the cut sides of roll tops with garlic butter and sandwich back together.

5. Line an oven tray with baking paper and place rolls up against each other on the prepared tray. Brush buns liberally with garlic butter and place the tray on top of the foil tray on the barbecue.

6. Close the barbecue lid and cook for 10 minutes until rolls darken and cheese melts. (Or bake in a 180°C fan-forced/200°C conventional oven for 10-15 minutes.) Transfer buns to a board, brush with garlic butter and serve hot as a starter or side.

Tips: Smoky capsicum dip can be made up to one week ahead and stored in a jar in the fridge. Brioche slider buns are available in major supermarkets in the bakery section. Jumbuck rectangular foil trays are available at Bunnings and can be used to cook the buns in as well. Use baking paper to lift buns out of the tray.

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