Tapenade Goat-Cheese Crackers
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 sticks (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter
- an 11-ounce log soft mild goat cheese
- about 1 cup tapenade
- In a food processor or in a large bowl with a pastry blender pulse or blend flour and salt.
- Cut butter into small pieces.
- Add butter to flour mixture and pulse or blend until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Measure 1/3 cup goat cheese, reserving remainder for serving, and break into small pieces.
- Add cheese to flour mixture and pulse or blend until mixture just begins to form a dough.
- Halve dough and roll out each half between sheets of parchment paper into a 12- by 10-inch rectangle (about 1/8 inch thick).
- Chill rectangles in parchment on baking sheets until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Transfer 1 rectangle of dough on baking sheet to a work surface and remove top sheet of parchment.
- Working quickly and using a ruler as a guide, cut rectangle into 1 1/4-inch squares without separating squares.
- (If dough becomes too soft to work with, freeze or chill on parchment and baking sheet until firm.)
- Bake crackers on parchment and baking sheet in middle of oven until golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Cool crackers on parchment on a rack.
- (Crackers will continue to crisp as they cool.)
- Cut and bake more crackers with remaining rectangle of dough.
- With a spatula carefully remove crackers from parchment.
- Goat-cheese crackers may be made 5 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Spread crackers with reserved goat cheese at room temperature and top with tapenade.
flour, salt, butter, goat cheese, tapenade
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/tapenade-goat-cheese-crackers-101188 (may not work)