Recipe courtesy of Laura Calder
Salt and Savory Biscuits
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 30 crackers
- Total: 20 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 10 min
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.