In the realm of delectable appetizers and snacks, few treats can rival the exquisite charm of Parmesan crackers. These crispy, cheesy morsels are a symphony of flavors, a delightful blend of sharp, nutty Parmesan cheese and a hint of savory herbs. Originating from the sunny shores of Southern Italy, these crackers have captivated taste buds worldwide, becoming an indispensable part of cheese platters, cocktail parties, and casual gatherings. Our culinary journey will explore two enticing variations of Parmesan crackers: the classic South Beach Parmesan Crackers, known for their simplicity and timeless appeal, and the equally delightful Keto Parmesan Crisps, a low-carb alternative that caters to health-conscious individuals. Both recipes promise an effortless preparation, requiring minimal ingredients and yielding a bounty of crispy, golden crackers that will vanish before your eyes. So, prepare to embark on a savory adventure as we delve into the secrets of creating these irresistible Parmesan crackers, sure to become a staple in your culinary repertoire.
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SOUTH BEACH PARMESAN CRACKERS
There are tons of things that are so much better with bread or crackers. But on South Beach, these are clearly off limits on Phase One. I discoved Parmesan Crackers at my Roche Bros. by "The Kitchen Table Bakers", however they are a little pricey. Instead I came up with this recipe to make at home. I also season them with whatever might fit my meal (exp Italian seasonings, diced garlic, tex-mex seasonings and whatever else you can come up with) Be creative! I use them anywhere I would use crackers: with tuna fish, dips, with cold cuts etc. Enjoy! (Note, they will be salty...parmesan is a salty cheese. If you don't like parmesan as a cheese, these aren't for you)
Provided by sweetan811
Categories Cheese
Time 15m
Yield 50 crackers approx, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degress.
- If using seasonings, mix cheese and seasoings
- Place a 2Tbs mound of cheese on a nonstick baking sheet, and using the back of a spoon (or your thumb) press the mound into a circle that is about 2-2 1/2inches in diameter.
- Repeat the previous step, with about 1 inch between circles.
- Bake for about 8-12 minuets, or until the crackersare golden brown.
- Allow the crackers to cool on the baking sheet until they set, and then transfer to a paper towel lined plate or hard surface. This will help drain excess oils.
- Store in a airtight container between layers of wax paper.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 97.8, Fat 6.5, SaturatedFat 3.9, Cholesterol 20, Sodium 346.8, Carbohydrate 0.9, Sugar 0.2, Protein 8.7
PARMESAN CREAM CRACKERS
Crackers can be made with just flour and water (as in water crackers, or matzo), but like almost everything else, they're better with richer ingredients. These are typically made with butter, oil, and milk or cheese, or both, along with flavorings like seeds, herbs and spices. I like a simple, flakey, buttery cracker, often with cheese. This could stem from my childhood addiction to Cheez-Its. Once you get the hang of it, which will take exactly one try, play around. You might skip the cheese and add freshly chopped rosemary or thyme to the dough. Swapping pepper for salt as a topping makes a difference. Or top with minced garlic or onion, sesame or poppy seeds, or whatever is on your favorite commercial cracker. In every case, you are going to make it better.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories easy, quick, appetizer
Time 20m
Yield About 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly dust with flour. Put flour, salt, cheese and butter in bowl of a food processor. Pulse until flour and butter are combined. Add about 1/4 cup cream or half-and-half and let machine run for a bit; continue to add liquid a teaspoon at a time, until mixture holds together but is not sticky.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface until 1/2-inch thick or even thinner, adding flour as needed. Transfer sheet of dough to prepared baking sheet (drape it over rolling pin to make it easier). Score lightly with a sharp knife, pizza cutter or a pastry wheel if you want to break crackers into squares or rectangles later on. Sprinkle with salt or other topping if you like.
- Bake until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool on a rack; serve warm or at room temperature or store in a tin for a few days.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 291, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 25 grams, Fat 17 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 203 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
PARMESAN CRACKERS
These are dainty little cheese crackers with a pungent, meaty, Parmesan edge. It is that extra step of browning the crackers in a hot oven that lends them so much character. It caramelizes the cheese, giving it an earthy, almost porcinilike intensity. That and using good Parmigiano-Reggiano are the secrets to success. The technique, no rolling pin necessary, is child's play. The result is resolutely adult -- especially when you serve them with wine.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories snack, crackers and chips, appetizer
Time 2h20m
Yield 40 crackers
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- In a food processor, combine ingredients, and pulse until dough comes together. Turn dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap, and form it into a log 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease two baking sheets. Cut log into 1/4-inch-thick crackers, and place them an inch apart on sheets. Bake until firm, about 12 to 13 minutes. Remove baking sheets from oven, and raise temperature to 500 degrees. When temperature comes up to correct heat, return sheets to oven, and bake for 3 minutes more, or until crackers are deeply golden brown all over. Let cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 43, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 2 grams, Fat 3 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 39 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PARMESAN AND THYME CRACKERS
Provided by Ina Garten
Categories appetizer
Time 1h10m
Yield 30 to 36 crackers
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix until creamy. Add the Parmesan, flour, salt, thyme and pepper and combine.
- Dump the dough on a lightly floured board and roll into a 13-inch long log. Wrap the log in plastic wrap and place in the freezer for 30 minutes to harden.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut the log crosswise into 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick slices. Place the slices on a sheet pan and bake for 22 minutes.
PARMESAN CHEESE CRACKERS
Steps:
- In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter until smooth and fluffy. Add the flour, cheese, and pepper and mix at low speed until blended. Form the dough into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 2 hours. (The recipe can be made up to this point and kept refrigerated up to 2 days in advance.) Remove the dough from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before rolling out.
- On well-floured parchment paper, roll out the dough into a rough rectangle, a little less than 1/4-inch thick. The dough will be somewhat delicate and may crack in places, but you can just push the edges together with your fingers. Carefully transfer the dough to the cookie sheet and prick evenly all over with a fork. Cut with a pizza cutter or a knife into 1 1/2-inch squares, making a grid.
- Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven, just until the crackers turn golden, 15 to 20 minutes. As they come out of the oven, run your pizza cutter or knife again along the grid to separate the crackers (the edges will have baked together a little bit in the oven). Let cool on the pan, then gently separate the crackers with your hands. They will be slightly fragile. Cut the figs in half and serve with the crackers.
FLAKY PARMESAN CRACKERS
Delicious Parmesan crackers.
Provided by Cynthia_033
Time 1h30m
Yield 32
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine flour, Parmesan cheese, butter, salt, and mustard for dough in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until mixture is well combined and resembles bread crumbs. Pour 1/2 of the cream in slowly, with the processor running, until combined. Continue adding remaining cream, a little at a time, until dough has come together in clumps and feels like a damp, but not sticky, slightly over-processed pastry dough.
- Gather dough into a ball, then roll into a log. Wrap in plastic and place in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes or longer.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Cut dough into quarters, then cut each quarter into 8 pieces. Lightly flour each piece as needed and feed through one of the thinnest settings of a pasta roller to make irregularly shaped, oblong crackers that are about 1/16 inch thick, 2 inches wide, and 8 inches long. Alternatively, use a rolling pin to roll dough out on a lightly floured countertop, and cut into any shape you wish.
- Working in batches, lay crackers on a baking sheet. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with Parmesan.
- Bake each batch in the preheated oven until crackers are browned at the edges, golden in the middle, and fully cooked through, 8 to 9 minutes. They will crisp as they cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 83.7 calories, Carbohydrate 6.4 g, Cholesterol 20.2 mg, Fat 4.9 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 172.2 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
CHEDDAR - PARMESAN CRACKERS
A recipe by Laura Werlin, and found at Leite's Culinaria. These cheesy, buttery gems will likely become a mainstay in your repertoire. Not only are they crispy, rich, and well, addictive, they can be partially made up to a month in advance. That's because once the dough is made, it can be frozen and simply "cut to order" as you need it. Just be sure to freeze it in small portions so that you don't have to defrost it all at once. Although these crackers are great plain, you can draw on the age-old "apples and cheddar" theme by topping them with a dollop of Apple-Pear Butter.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 20m
Yield 3 dozen (approximately)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In the bowl of a food processor, place all the ingredients except the butter and water. Pulse 5 times. Add the butter and pulse again until the butter pieces are the size of small peas. Add the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse just until the dough holds together. If the dough is still crumbly, add more water 1 teaspoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency.
- Turn the dough out onto a large piece of waxed paper. Roll the dough into a log, 9 to 10 inches long, and square off the ends. Refrigerate, well wrapped, for at least 2 hours and up to 2 days or freeze it for up to 1 month. (You may want to cut the log in half or in thirds to freeze if you think you will want to defrost a smaller amount at a time.).
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
- To make the crackers, cut the log into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange the slices on a baking sheet 1 inch apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the crackers are a light golden color. Turn the crackers and bake for 3 to 5 more minutes, or until they are golden around the edges.
- Cool on a rack. Serve at room temperature.
PARMESAN CREAM CRACKERS
Make and share this Parmesan Cream Crackers recipe from Food.com.
Provided by cookingqueen1081
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 32m
Yield 30 crackers, 30 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400°F Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly dust with flour. Put flour, salt, cheese and butter in bowl of a food processor. Pulse until flour and butter are combined. Add about 1/4 cup cream or half-and-half and let machine run for a bit until a dough forms. If it does not come together, add more liquid a teaspoon at a time, until mixture holds together but is not sticky. (I only needed the ingredient levels as listed to pull the dough together.).
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface until 1/4-inch thick or even thinner, adding flour as needed. From here, you can either form them into individual crackers (I went for 1 1/2-inch squares cut with a fluted pastry wheel) and bake them an inch apart on your baking sheet (the method I used) or transfer the entire rolled-out sheet to your baking sheet (draping it over the rolling pin will make it easier) and score them lightly with a knife, pizza or pastry wheel to break into crackers after they are baked. For either method, dock all over with a fork and sprinkle with salt or any other toppings you are using.
- Bake until moderately browned, about 12 minutes. Cool on a rack; serve warm or at room temperature or store in a tin for a few days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 41.7, Fat 2.7, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 7.8, Sodium 65.2, Carbohydrate 3.3, Fiber 0.1, Protein 1.1
ROSEMARY-PARMESAN CRACKERS
This is a delicious, fast, and easy way to make a great appetizer anytime because you can make the dough up to 2 days ahead. I just keep some in the fridge. These crackers are fabulous with wine and great as a side for soup. The recipe was originally from a Williams-Sonoma handout.
Provided by CJ139022
Categories High In...
Time 4h10m
Yield 24 crackers, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a food processor, combine dry ingredients. Add the butter and pulse 10 times until it looks like coarse meal. Add cheese and pulse a couple times. Turn on the motor and add the cream in a slow steady stream. The dough will form into a ball. Take the dough out and roll it into a log a couple of inches in diameter. Wrap it in plastic and refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 2 days.
- Heat oven to 325°F; slice dough into 1/8" slices; bake on cookie sheet, covered in parchment paper, for about 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool and eat.
- Variation: Cheddar-Cayenne; increase flour to 1 cup; substitute cheddar for Parmigiano-Reggiano and 1/4 tsp cayenne for rosemary.
- Black Pepper-Lemon: increase flour to 1 cup; substitute 1 1/4 tsp cracked pepper for ground pepper and add zest of 2 lemons; substitute asiago cheese for P-R cheese and reduce cream to 3 TBS.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 215.3, Fat 15.2, SaturatedFat 9.5, Cholesterol 43.5, Sodium 619, Carbohydrate 12.9, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 0.1, Protein 7
Tips:
- Use a food processor to quickly and easily combine the ingredients.
- Be sure to press the dough into the pan firmly and evenly so that the crackers are crispy.
- Bake the crackers until they are golden brown and crispy, about 10-12 minutes.
- Allow the crackers to cool completely before serving.
- Store the crackers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- To make a larger batch of crackers, simply double or triple the recipe.
- Feel free to experiment with different flavors of cheese or herbs to create your own unique cracker recipe.
Conclusion:
These South Beach Parmesan Crackers are a delicious and easy-to-make snack that is perfect for any occasion. They are crispy, cheesy, and flavorful, and they are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them. So next time you are looking for a quick and easy snack, give these crackers a try. You won't be disappointed!
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