Sour Cream And Fennel Crackers With Anchovies

• A little vegetable oil
• Scant 2/3 cup all-purpose flour, plus more to dust
• 1 heaped tablespoon sour cream
• Scant teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• 1 bulb of fennel, shaved or sliced very finely
• 18 marinated anchovies
• pink peppercorns, crushed (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Lightly oil a baking sheet.
2. Mix all the cracker ingredients together with 1-2 tablespoons of water, kneading with your hands until it makes a firm dough (or put all the ingredients in the food processor fitted with a dough blade and mix to a firm dough).
3. Stop as soon as the dough comes together.
4. Dust a clean work surface with flour and roll out the dough until just under 1/4 in.
5. thick.
6. I prefer to cut the dough into rough rectangles with a knife for a more rustic look, but you could also use a cookie cutter.
7. Prick each cracker with a fork a couple of times.
8. Transfer the crackers to the prepared baking sheet.
9. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
10. Check after 12 minutes, to ensure they are not browning too fast.
11. If they are browning unevenly, turn the tray around.
12. Remove from the oven and cool.
13. Serve topped with shaved fennel, 2-3 anchovies and a few pink peppercorns (if using).
14. Serve immediately.

vegetable oil, flour, sour cream, salt, fennel seeds, fennel, anchovies, pink peppercorns

Taken from www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/sour-cream-and-fennel-crackers-with-anchovies/ (may not work)