Beet and Cheddar Crackers
- 1 teaspoon Butter
- 3 Tablespoons Red Or Purple Beets, Diced
- 1 whole Small Shallot, Finely Diced
- 1 cup Flour
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 6 Tablespoons Cold Butter, Chopped
- 1 cup White Cheddar, Grated
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- In a small pan, melt the teaspoon of butter over medium heat.
- Add the beets and the shallots and sprinkle lightly with salt.
- Let them simmer a few minutes and add a few tablespoons of water or beet juice to the pan if it starts to get dry.
- Cook them for about 5-8 minutes or until tender.
- Add the beet and shallot mixture to a small food processor and process until smooth, or mash finely with two forks.
- You will wind up with about a scant 1/4 cup of the beet mixture.
- Set aside.
- In a food processor, combine the salt and flour and pulse until combined.
- Add in the 6 tablespoons butter, and pulse until well combined and mealy.
- Add the cheese and pulse.
- Add the beets to the food processor with the flour mixture.
- Pulse it until you get a uniform, moist dough.
- Place the dough on a piece of wax paper, and form it into a disc.
- Wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees (F) and prepare two sheet pans with silpats or parchment paper.
- Roll out crackers (with a little bit of flour on your work surface) really, really thinly!
- The thinner they are rolled, the crispier (and the better!)
- they will turn out.
- I used a wavy pizza cutter to cut these into squares, and I got 48 out of the batch, but cut them in whatever shape you want.
- Use a fork to punch two set of holes in the top of each cracker.
- Sprinkle with kosher salt.
- Bake the crackers at 325F for about 15 minutes or until they are just starting to turn golden around the edges.
- Let them cool on a baking rack so they dont get soggy.
- Enjoy!
butter, red, shallot, flour, salt, butter, white cheddar, kosher salt
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/beet-and-cheddar-crackers/ (may not work)