Rosemary & Sea Salt Crackers

I want to thank Nicola from @proofperfected for the Recipe. Link to their Instagram here they also have a selection of books / Ebooks on sale here all about fermentation & sourdough …

These sourdough discard crackers are a delicious snack, for adults and children alike (Use less salt for children).⠀

Recipe – Rosemary Sea Salt Sourdough Crackers⠀

• 45g whole wheat flour ⠀
• 1g sea salt⠀
• 100g sourdough starter (discard/unfed)⠀
• 23g butter (unsalted, at room temperature)⠀
• 2g of dried herbs like rosemary (I used fresh from my garden)

⠀Method

1. Mix until you’ve got a smooth, dough
2. Refrigerate⠀
3. Cover with plastic wrap/ cling film and put in the fridge. About 30 minutes at least, though you can also leave the dough there longer. ⠀
4. Preheat the oven to 350F / 180C⠀
5. Roll the dough out between baking parchment paper or non stick baking matts.
6. The dough can have uneven edges, no worries.⠀
7. Remove the top baking matt or paper, if you struggling to do this, place in the refrigerator a few minutes for the dough to firm back up.⠀
8. lightly brush with oil⠀
9. sprinkle salt over the top⠀
10. Score the top into small squares⠀
11. use a fork to prick the scares/ holes
12. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. The crackers should become brown around the edges. You can reverse the baking sheet midway, although I’m always too lazy to do so and just let them be.⠀
13. Remove to cooling rack and brake into pieces.

Variations:

You can take the recipe above and fit it to the amount of starter discard you’ve got to spare. The recipe assumes 100g sourdough starter, which should make it easiest for those of us who are not really big fans of maths to calculate accordingly. Also very easy to adapt the recipe to your own taste by swapping the rosemary for other dry herbs, hardy fresh herbs, spices or Sosa freeze dried powder.

• Dried mixed herbs
• Cumin & Caraway – use ground spice
• Tomato –use freeze dried tomato powder
• Beetroot – use freeze dried powder
• Spiced red pepper – freeze dried powder

More sourdough discard recipes here:

• American pancakes
• Scones