Homemade Naan with Roasted Garlic Herb Butter
Chewy, buttery, and oh so good! This Homemade Naan is the perfect bread for any occasion...especially when served with Roasted Garlic Herb Butter!
Servings: 12 naan
Calories: 515kcal
Ingredients
Poolish
- 2 cups bread flour
- 2 ¼ cups lukewarm water
- ⅛ teaspoon yeast
Bread
- 5 ½ cups bread flour
- 1 ½ Tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- ½ cup olive oil
- 7 ounces buttermilk
- all of the poolish
Roasted Garlic Herb Butter
- 1 head roasted garlic
- 1 cup salted butter room temperature
- ¼ cup fresh parsley
Instructions
Poolish
- Combine flour, water, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Mix until thoroughly blended.
- Pour into a clean bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap.
- Let stand at room temperature until bubbly, 3-4 hours.
- Refrigerate overnight.
Bread
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine flour, salt, yeast, olive oil, buttermilk, and poolish.
- Knead until smooth and pliable, 10-12 minutes.
- Place dough in a covered container.
- Allow to rise for 1 hour.
- While dough is proofing, line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Turn dough out on lightly floured surface.
- Divide into 12 pieces.
- Round each piece and place on prepared parchment.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- While dough is retarding, place baking stone inside oven and heat to 550 degrees.
- Press dough, one round at a time, with your hands to flatten it. You can also pick it up and stretch it gently with your hands.
- Place dough on hot stone and allow to bake until puffed and starting to brown, about 3-5 minutes.
Roasted Garlic Herb Butter
- Squeeze garlic cloves from paper and into food processor bowl.
- Add butter and herbs.
- Process until smooth.
- Heat in a small saucepan until butter is melted.
- Brush onto hot bread before serving.
Notes
Substitutions:
- You could easily substitute plain yogurt or water for the buttermilk in this recipe. A little tip, the water won't add any flavor to the naan. So, we don't recommended using it unless you really don't have yogurt or buttermilk.
- You can pretty much use any herb you like in the butter! You could even use a blend of herbs.
- In a rush? You can actually use poolish after it's proofing time, instead of refrigerating overnight! The bread won't have as much flavor, but it's a great way to have naan same-day.
- Depending on where you live/the temperature, proofing times may vary. We can't guarantee our proofing times will be the exact same as yours. Just keep an eye on the dough!
- This recipe can be made into 16 pieces of naan instead of 12, if you would rather have smaller portions.
- This bread is the definition of rustic. Have fun with it! None of pieces have to be even or perfectly circle. It's also okay to have some thinner spots in the dough when pressing out.
- Have a pizza peel on hand when making this naan! It will make getting the bread out of the oven so much easier.
- This naan stores really well!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Piece of Naan | Calories: 515kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 1030mg | Potassium: 133mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 607IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg