New Food 2020 - Pizza Dough Garlic Knots

   

Pizza Dough Garlic Knots

Ingredients

• 1 pound pizza dough ball* homemade or store-bought
• 6 tablespoon salted butter
• 8 large garlic cloves pressed with a garlic press
• 1 teaspoon water
• 3/4 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Pizza sauce for dipping optional

Instructions

PREP THE BAKING SHEET:

• Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat; set aside.

KNOT THE DOUGH:

• Place the pizza dough onto a floured surface and roll it into a 12x6-inch rectangle.
• Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to cut the dough into 12 6-inch strips.
• Stretch and roll each strip into a 12-inch long piece.
• Tie a piece of dough into a knot.
• Tuck one end of the dough into the center of the knot.
• Pull the other end of the dough up through the center of the knot and tuck in the end.
• Place the knot on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining strips of dough. Please each knot 2-inches apart on the baking sheet, and cover the knots loosely with plastic wrap.
• Let the knots rise until doubled in size, about 40-60 minutes.

PREHEAT AND MAKE THE GARLIC BUTTER:

• Move oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• After the knots have risen for 25 minutes, make the garlic butter. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Once melted, add the garlic and water and cook, stirring frequently, until the tiny pieces of garlic are straw-colored, about 2-3 minutes. Take the saucepan off the heat, stir in the parsley and salt and set aside.

BAKE THE GARLIC KNOTS:

• Once the knots have doubled in size, discard the plastic wrap and bake the knots for 5 minutes.
• Remove the knots from the oven, brush with half of the garlic butter, rotate the pan, and bake for another 4-5 minutes or until golden brown.
• Brush the garlic knots with the remaining garlic butter. Let them cool for 5-10 minutes.
• Finally, serve warm.

We made this because we had all the ingredients.  The kids love to bake and cook, and with the grocery store like  weird, scifi movie, we thawed some pizza dough from the freezer and whipped these up.  It's basically a garlic herb butter over knotted dough with a little salt on top.  These are definitely delicious with a little marinara to dip into.  We thought they should be cooked a little longer, but they were solid and delicious when considering the small amount of effort required.

10 possible points - Taste (possible 5), Was it worth the effort?  (possible 3), Appearance (possible 1), Would we make it again? (possible 1)

 

Standings:

Lemon Butter Garlic Shrimp - 9 points
Orange Chicken - 9 points
Crepes - 9 points

Pizza Dough Garlic Knots - 8 points

Garlic Parmesan Roasted Sugar Snap Peas - 8 points

Vanilla Cake - 7 points