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Crispy chickpea and zaatar crackers
The recipe that I bring you today are for crispy chickpea and zaatar crakers, with it, you can have an infinite number of dishes to prepare. You can use them to accompany links, sauces, compotes or jams, among many other things.
As you know, wheat flour tends to create reactions in many people, for this reason this recipe includes chickpea flour that can be substituted with almond flour, oatmeal or the mixture of your choice.
Although many do not like chickpea flour because of its strong flavor, but this time we have achieved the point so that its flavor is integrated into the flavor of the recipe.
What are crackers?
Before moving on, I will tell you a little about what Crackers are.
The crunchy crackers are delicious cookies made with yeast-free flour that are usually combined with cheese, herbs and salt in some cases sprinkled after going to the oven.
They are easy to make, they are quite well-preserved and can be eaten during the day or at night, as a snack or as an appetizer. It can even accompany a night of drinks with a delicious sauce.
Once you understand what we are going to do, here are the ingredients and the step-by-step preparation. I hope you like it.
You will need to
120 grams of chickpea flour,
½ teaspoon sesame,
4 grams of salt,
½ small tablespoon of turmeric,
1 tablespoon of zaatar or spices to taste,
1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds,
Ground black pepper,
15 milliliters of extra virgin olive oil,
70 milliliters of water.
Step by step to make crispy chickpea crackers
1. Join the flours with the salt, poppy, sesame, spices, turmeric and a touch of pepper. If it is freshly ground better, since it will be much fresher.
2. Now it is time to integrate the oil (save a little for the time of baking) and the water but only 60 milliliters.
Use your hands and create the dough for the Crackers. It should be a homogeneous and slightly moist dough.
3. With a plastic wrap or cloth, let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 170 °C and prepare the tray on which you will place the cookies.
5. When the 15 minutes is up, take the dough to a table or smooth surface where you can remove and flatten it a little.
You can make a rolling pin or the material you like the most to stretch the dough should reach about 3 millimeters thick.
6. Now, with a cutter, shape the cracker s. Then, take them to the tray and cut until all the dough is finished.
7. Apply a little olive oil on top of the dough with the help of a brush.
8. Then, place the sesame or poppy seeds, it can even be pure salt if you want on the dough.
9. Put in the oven and wait 15 minutes for them to look golden. At this point take out and let them cool on a rack. And that's it.
As you can see, it does not take much procedure or great culinary knowledge. You can accompany both sweet and salty. Even with tea they are widely consumed.
Fun Facts About Crackers
These originated in 1801 thanks to an accident, like most dishes, in the kitchen. The tambourine allowed some cookies to pass through and as the diners crunching was heard when eating, he slipped "crackers" on them, which means crunchy.
An example of these are soda cookies, the so- called "krakers" original and honey flavor, the social club cookies. All based on this great concept.
It is possible then that if you are lovers of these cookies you can make your own version, cheaper and more profitable than the one offered by shops. In addition, depending on the type of flour it will be much healthier.
They are great to eat on any occasion and to take to any event. Try to keep them in a cool place and in an airtight container. Go ahead and replicate the flavor of the cookies you like the most with this recipe for crispy chickpea crackers.
