Tapenade Goat-Cheese Crackers

Name: Tapenade Goat-Cheese Crackers
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 120
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 312 grams an log soft mild goat cheese; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 sticks (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter; 237 milliliters about tapenade

Tapenade Goat-Cheese Crackers might be just the condiment you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 21 calories. This recipe covers 0% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 120. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. A mixture of flour, butter, tapenade, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a food processor or in a large bowl with a pastry blender pulse or blend flour and salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Food Processor

Blender

Bowl

Cut butter into small pieces.

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Butter

Add butter to flour mixture and pulse or blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Measure 1/3 cup goat cheese, reserving remainder for serving, and break into small pieces.

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Goat Cheese

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Add cheese to flour mixture and pulse or blend until mixture just begins to form a dough. Halve dough and roll out each half between sheets of parchment paper into a 12- by 10-inch rectangle (about 1/8 inch thick). Chill rectangles in parchment on baking sheets until firm, about 30 minutes.

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Cheese

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Preheat oven to 375°F.

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Oven

Transfer 1 rectangle of dough on baking sheet to a work surface and remove top sheet of parchment. Working quickly and using a ruler as a guide, cut rectangle into 1 1/4-inch squares without separating squares. (If dough becomes too soft to work with, freeze or chill on parchment and baking sheet until firm.)

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake crackers on parchment and baking sheet in middle of oven until golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool crackers on parchment on a rack. (Crackers will continue to crisp as they cool.)

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Crackers

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Cut and bake more crackers with remaining rectangle of dough. With a spatula carefully remove crackers from parchment. Goat-cheese crackers may be made 5 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.

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Cheese Crackers