Garlic Knots

If you know how to make pizza dough or if you can get good store brought pizza dough, I would say garlic knots are one of the easiest party treats- crusty outside and light within.Whenever you are making these make a big batch because these finish like hot buns. My husband and I liked these a lot when we made these last weekend along with the schezwan chicken wings. 

When I made these I used olive oil and butter. But you can, of course use what's there in your kitchen. The traditional recipe calls for parsley but my husband and I like the flavor and smell of cilantro more. In fact you can use any herb of your choice . As long as you have pizza dough, garlic, olive oil or butter you are good to go. If you are using unsalted butter add a dash of salt in the last step. The pizza dough I use has herbs and pepper in it so I didn't have to add anything extra.

Ingredients

400g - 500g pizza dough

6 cloves of garlic

3 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp of salted butter

3 tbsp of chopped parsley/cilantro/herb of your choice

Method

Place the ball of dough on a floured surface,roll it out with a rolling pin and cut them into strips.Cut the longer strips into half if want equal sized garlic knots(..mine turned out fine without doing that)

Form them into knots.

 Place them on the baking sheet and brush the knots with olive oil

Loosely cover them with a cloth and let them rise for half an hour.

Preheat the oven to 220 degree Celsius.

Bake the knots for 20 - 25 minutes or until nicely browned , meanwhile make the oil.

In a saucepan mix garlic, parsley or cilantro(herb of your choice), olive oil and butter. Heat it till warm.

When the knots are out of the oven, immediately pour the garlic

 oil over, toss together until the garlic knots are well coated in the garlic oil. These are best when served warm.

Happy Cooking!