Can Garlic Knots be found anywhere in Italy? • European Cuisine, Culture & Travel© (2024)

February 7, 2021

Cuisine Italian-American

Category Breads and Pastry Recipes

Ingredients

• You can buy ready-made Pizza dough, or make a no-knead dough below:
• 3 cups white flour (Pillsbury or King Arthur)
• 1/4 tsp Active Dry Yeast
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• Optional: 1 tsp Diastatic malt
• 1.5 cup lukewarm water
• 1 tsp wine vinegar
• Garlic Butter topping:
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp sea salt, or to your liking
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Sometimes I prepare my Garlic Knots from my no-knead bread recipe, but for faster preparation, ready-made Pizza dough can be used.

Baking with an Airfryer: Preheat to 350 F, oil pan or use oven liner and bake for 8 min, remove, then brush with melted garlic butter mixture top with grated Parmesan. Bake an additional couple of minutes until golden brown.

Instructions

1. For faster preparation, ready made Pizza dough can be used
2. No knead dough: combine 3 cups of flour and all ingredients except of water in a large bowl, stir.
3. Warm up 1.5 water in Microwave for 40 seconds (lukewarm). Add a little vinegar.
4. Add the water to the flour and stir by hands or use a Danish dough whisk (Amazon). Do not knead!
5. Let rest on a kitchen counter covered with a plastic foil for 18 to 22 hours, or just overnight.
6. After dough is risen prepare the Garlic butter by melting butter in the pan on medium high.
7. Add the minced garlic and Italian seasoning, some garlic salt and cook for 3 minutes on medium.
8. Spread out some flour on the counter top, remove dough from bowl and turn in the flour.
9. Roll out the dough about 1/2 inch thick.
10. Brush half of garlic mixture on top.
11. Cut the dough into a grid with a knife or pizza cutter, 5 inch to 2.5 inch.
12. Take each piece and make little knots.
13. Sprinkle knots with sea salt.
14. Place on baking pan, spray oiled or covered with parchment paper.
15. Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise for about 30 minutes or more.
16. Preheat the oven to 425 F (400 F convection)
17. Bake the knots for about 20 minutes, remove and spread the the Garlic butter mix on top.
18. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan.
19. Bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes until golden brown.
20. Baking with Airfryer: Preheat to 350 F, bake for 8 min., remove, then brush with melted garlic butter mixture and top with grated Parmesan. Bake an additional couple of minutes until golden brown.
21. Remove from oven and place on a grid to cool a little.
22. Best to be eaten still warm with Marinara sauce

Notes

Serve as appetizer with Marinara sauce

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