Garlic knots Recipe
These delicious bites of heaven can be served as an appetizer or as a great accompaniment to just about any meal.
Serves: 15-20
Time: 30 minutes
Recipe by: Kelly-Anne Damons
Ingredients:
- For the dough
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 packet yeast
- ¾ cup water lukewarm
- 30g Clover Mama
- Bake Margarine softened
- For the herbed garlic margarine
- ½cup Clover Mama Bake Margarine melted
- 2tbsp parsley finely chopped
- 1tsp oregano
- 4 cloves of garlic finely minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ½ parmesan cheese grated
- For serving
- Passata
How To Make Garlic knots
- Pre-heat the oven to 180-degree Celsius
In a medium jug, combine the water, half the sugar yeast, and stand for 2 minutes, allowing the yest to activate. - In large mixing bowl, add flour, salt and the remaining sugar.
- Create a well in the center of the flour, pour in the activated yeast water into the center, mix until a smooth dough form.
- Make sure to chill your counter tops/working surface by using a Ziploc bag filled with ice, to ensure that the margarine in the dough does not melt.
- Make sure to wipe up any water left behind, before adding your flour/bread mix to your working surface.
- Add flour to your cooled working surface, on which you will be kneading the dough.
- Add in the Clover Mama Bake Margarin and knead the dough until smooth and soft. If the dough is too sticky, add flour in, a teaspoon at a time until the dough no longer sticks to your hands or the kneading surface.
- Pace the dough into a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and place in a warm area, allowing the dough to rise, about (30-60minutes).
- Roll out the dough onto a floured work surface. Cut the dough into 3 cm strips, take one small strip of dough and tie it into a knot just like you would a piece of string, pinching off any excess.
- Repeat until you finish the dough. Place the knots on a lined baking sheet and allow the knots to proof for 20 minutes. Bake
the knots for 15-20 minutes until golden. In a large mixing bowl, combine melted Mama Bake Margarine, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper and parsley. - Toss the knots in the mixture until well coated, sprinkle over parmesan cheese and place onto a serving dish.
Chefs Tip: Cut the dough into even strips, for even cooking.