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Salt and Savory Biscuits
Recipe courtesy Laura Calder
- Total Time:
- 20 min
- Prep:
- 10 min |
- Inactive Prep:
- -- |
- Cook:
- 10 min
- Level:
- Easy
- Yield:
- 30 crackers
Ingredients
- BISCUITS:
- 2/3 cup/140 g butter
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 2 cups/250 g flour
- TOPPINGS:
- Crushed dill seed
- Crushed fennel seed
- Crushed coriander seed with 5 spice
- Paprika and cayenne pepper
- Poppy seeds
- Sesame seeds
- Mixed peppercorns
- Crushed cumin seed and cayenne pepper
- Parmesan and herbes de Provence
- Fleur de sel, for sprinkling
Directions
Heat the oven to 400 degrees F/200 degrees C.
Put the butter, sugar, salt, 2 to 3 tablespoons cold water and egg in a bowl and mix well. Add the flour and mix quickly only until it holds together. Do not overwork. Roll the dough out to 1/16 of an inch/2 mm thick. Cut into squares. Sprinkle over some fleur de sel and the topping(s) of your choice on each. Transfer to a baking sheet. Bake until puffed, crisp and golden, about 10 minutes.
© Recipe courtesy Laura Calder