Plaited Pizza Loaf with Castello® Creamy Blue Cheese

If you make a plaited bread with filling as we do here with our beetroot pizza loaf, start by rolling the dough into an elongated oval shape. Then cut the dough along both edges so you have small strands on both sides of the middle. Cut about 1/3 on each side so there is still room for the filling in the middle. Place the filling and plait the bread by pulling the narrow strands of dough on each side across the toppings to the opposite side so they cross each other. See our video for a visual guide.

A pizza loaf can be described as a mix between a pizza and a calzone – just better. Use your favourite pizza toppings, plait it up, and bake it inside a lovely pizza dough. A pizza loaf bread in slices is perfect as an appetiser or in a packed lunch.

It is quite easy to make a pizza loaf. All you need is a pizza dough (bought or homemade) and your favourite pizza toppings. Prepare the dough, roll it out, add the fillings, and plait it before baking. Check our recipe for instructions and tips.

You can definitely put beetroot on pizza. It has an earthy and sweet flavour that most people like – even if they do not think of beetroot as a good pizza topping. In this recipe we combine it with a sharp but balanced blue cheese, which complements the beetroot perfectly.