What Knot to do

Have you ever find a recipe on the web and then promised yourself that you really have to try this recipe, I did.

It is so simple, basically a basic pizza dough, melted butter with chopped garlic and parsley. Ok, if you think making pizza dough is quite tedious, than this is not a recipe to try. But really, if you wanted to make something delicious but yet not too difficult, this is it. It's great as appetizer, a bread to accompany a great bowl of freshly cook pasta or soup. And you can even make in advance and freeze it for the next time!

Garlic Knots

Ingredients:

1 kg Homemade Pizza Dough
All purpose flour, for rolling out dough
1 Tablespoon olive oil
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
2 garlic cloves
1 Tablespoon finely chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
Kosher salt

 

Preheat oven at 175C. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Divide the dough in half, keeping half covered under a kitchen towel. Roll out the other half on a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin, creating a 10-inch square. If the dough is very stiff, use your hands to stretch it.

Cut the 10-inch square in half with a sharp knife or pizza wheel to form two rectangles. Cut each rectangle into 12 strips (the cuts should be made so that the strips are shorter and thicker, rather than longer and thinner).

Tie each strip into a knot and then arrange the knots on the lined baking sheets. Cover them with a kitchen towel while you repeat the rolling, cutting and tying process with the second half of the dough.

Bake the knots for 5 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet and bake an additional 3-5 minutes until golden brown and fully cooked.

While knots bake, grate the garlic cloves using a microplane and combine with olive oil and butter in a small sauce pan over low heat. Cook just until butter has melted and mixture is warmed. Remove from heat and stir in chopped parsley.

Immediately after baking, brush the baked knots with the garlic mixture and sprinkle with kosher salt. Serve warm.

Recipe copied from : Just Taste