A Cloverleaf roll is an American[1] type of bread roll consisting of three separate sections.[2] It is named after the leaf of the clover plant, which has three lobes.[2] They are made by placing three small balls of dough in the cups of a muffin tin; as the dough proofs and bakes, the cloverleaf pattern is formed.[2] After baking, they are easily pulled apart.[3] "Cloverleaf roll" refers to a shape, not a specific recipe: many recipes lend themselves to the cloverleaving process.[4]

Vegetable beef soup with fresh cloverleaf rolls

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  1. ^ Sinclair, Charles (2009). Dictionary of Food: International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z. Bloomsbury. p. 325. ISBN 9781408102183.
  2. ^ a b c Kipfer, Barbara Ann (2012). The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 131. ISBN 9780544186033.
  3. ^ Lange, Lori (2013). The Recipe Girl Cookbook: Dishing Out the Best Recipes for Entertaining and Every Day. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 186. ISBN 9780544188488.
  4. ^ Rombauer, Irma S.; Becker, Marion Rombauer (1997). Joy of Cooking. Simon and Schuster. p. 751. ISBN 9780684818702.