Pesto crackers
These are delicious little aperitif biscuits, really crisp and with the full-on flavour of pesto.
They can be eaten on their own with dips, such as hot tomato or houmous.
They can be eaten on their own with dips, such as hot tomato or houmous.
Last modified on: July 24th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 60 pieces, you will need:
- 1
250 g flour - 2
10 g butter - 3
100 ml Milk - 4
150 g Pesto - 5
1 teaspoon fine (or table) salt - 6
30 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) (optional) - Total weight: 517 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 21 min.
Resting: 1 hour
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 1 hour 41 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put into a food-mixer bowl: 100 ml Milk, 250 g flour, 10 g butter, 150 g Pesto and 1 teaspoon fine (or table) salt.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Knead until evenly mixed.
Stage 3 - 1 hour
Gather the dough into a thick block, wrap in plastic film, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Note: This dough can be made the day before.
Note: This dough can be made the day before.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Roll out the dough quite thinly (ideally, 2-3 mm or a bare 1/8 inch).
Roll out the dough quite thinly (ideally, 2-3 mm or a bare 1/8 inch).
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Cut into small rectangles...
Stage 6 - 3 min.
...and arrange on a baking sheet. Though it is not essential, at this stage, you can sprinkle a little grated parmesan over the crackers, if you wish.
Stage 7 - 20 min.
Bake for about 20 minutes. Do watch for the biscuits browning. You will probably need to turn the tray back to front towards the end of cooking.
Stage 8
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
If your crackers a getting old (after a few days), you can revive them before serving by putting them in a hot oven at 390°F (200°C) for 5 minutes.
Keeping: A few days in an airtight tin.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,853 Kcal or 7,758 Kj | 134 gr | 255 gr | 403 gr |
| 93 % | 52 % | 24 % | 61 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 358 Kcal or 1,499 Kj | 26 gr | 49 gr | 78 gr |
| 18 % | 10 % | 5 % | 12 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 31 Kcal or 130 Kj | 2 gr | 4 gr | 7 gr |
| 2 % | 1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 60 pieces : 4.02 €
- Per piece : 0.07 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Flour
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Pesto
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Milk
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Butter
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But now fixed, thanks for warning me.