No, it's not more Cockney Rhyming slang!
Nor have I just sneezed!
Or cursed!
It is the recipe for the savoury biscuits I promised you and, relax, they contain NO FISH.
Their true title is Rosemary & Olive Oil Crackers but as Frank is such an Octonauts fan we made them in the shape of fish so we could re-enact Tunip handing them to everyone on the Octopod (anyone without a four year old will think I've gone mad. I haven't).
Whatever floats his boat, eh?
They are very, very moreish and very, very easy to make.
The recipe is from a little book called "cookie magic" by Kate Shirazi that I use all the time and for anyone in the USA it has some great really traditional English biscuit recipes. The kind I grew up on, except the ones I ate back then were mass-produced and not home-made.
It's a reliably good book and fun to look through with Frank when we are looking for cookie inspiration.
:: Makes 1 batch.
115g/4oz/a generous 3/4 cup plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting
pinch of salt
1 tsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp water
To finish : 2 tsp rock or crystal salt, 2 tbsp olive oil
Method : Pre-heat the oven to 200 C / 400 F / Gas Mark 6 and line two baking sheets. Mix the flour, salt and chopped rosemary together in a bowl. Whisk the olive oil and water together then tip into the flour and mix until you have a smooth dough.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and cut out shapes. Place the shapes on your lined baking sheets and prick with a fork.
To finish, mix the crystal or rock salt with the olive oil and brush over each cracker.
Keep any leftover oil and salt.
Bake the crackers for 12-15 minutes until golden..
When they come out of the oven, brush again with the leftover oil and salt and leave to cool on a wire rack.
We like these with butter smeared on top or just as they are as a snack with maybe some apple slices.
We like these with butter smeared on top or just as they are as a snack with maybe some apple slices.
They definitely need the second coat of oil and salt.
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Tomorrow morning we are off to trial that great new tent of mine at a campsite in the Cotswolds.
Tomorrow morning we are off to trial that great new tent of mine at a campsite in the Cotswolds.
There will be 49 other families touched by Type 1 there.
So, lots of pancreases in the naughty corner in the Cotswolds this weekend, hey?
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There will be bacon sarnies!
There will be homemade chai in the evenings!
There will be sun (I hope)!
Back in the middle of next week.
Love to all.
xxxx
yum we'll have to try them!
ReplyDeleteHave a great time it is always an incredible adventure to be with other familys who "get it". I hope it's a sun filled time, too :)
WTF is a bacon sarnie? Sounds good b/c of the bacon, but formidable b'c of the "sarnie"...hehe.
ReplyDeleteThe crackers or fish biscuit-y things look yummy!
Looks yummy. Still sounds like a curse to me!
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