How To Level Up Your Cheese Platter With Home-made Crackers

Ingredients:

Makes about 20 15x7cm crackers
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- ¾ cup water
- ½ cup olive oil

Herb salt:
- ⅓ cup Maldon salt
- 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
- 2 tablespoons black sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons dried rosemary

Method:

1. Combine cracker ingredients in KitchenAid bowl with dough hook until a smooth dough has formed – about 10 minutes.* 
2. Wrap in cling wrap and place in the fridge to rest for 20 minutes.
3. Preheat oven to 200’C.
4. Combine all herb salt ingredients in a jar and shake to mix.
5. Using the pasta roller attachment, flatten tablespoon-sized chunks of dough to form odd-shaped ovals, starting at one and working your way to six.
6. Lay each cracker on baking paper and scatter with ½ teaspoon of herb salt.
7. Place baking paper over the crackers and use your hands to press the seeds in slightly.
8. Remove the top layer of paper and bake for 5 minutes or until golden.
9. All to cool before serving. Store in an airtight container in the pantry for up to 3 months.

*You can also form this dough using your hands in a bowl and use a rolling pin to flatten the dough if you don’t have a mixer. 

Lucy Tweed is a Sydney-based food and recipe writer, stylist and creator of Every Night Of The Week. For more meal inspiration, check out her new cookbook and follow @everynightoftheweek on Instagram.