Little Breads for Company #3: Crisp Rosemary Flatbreads

Epicurious Recipe: Crisp Rosemary Flatbread

• Advanced Prep: Can be made two days in advance (although it's super fast so not a big deal to whip up day-of).
• Method: Quick bread with a smidge of kneading.

Of all the recent little savory breads for company, the Crisp Rosemary Flatbreads from Epicurious were probably the easiest: no biscuit hand needed and very little kneading involved. Despite the ease, they were quite tasty and seemed to be successful with folks. Other than the fact that you bake them in batches, they are also very quick. Just mix up the ingredients, knead a few times, roll out and stick in oven.

The picture that accompanies the recipe on the Epicurious site makes these look like they will be lavosh-like in their crispiness.

In actuality, they have more of a saltine-type texture, a mixture of crispness and soft flakiness.

Two of the three big pieces I made were actually not particularly crispy at all, mainly because I didn’t roll them out thin enough. I brought the flatbreads over to Will and Carolyn’s, and Will noted he actually liked the almost biscuit-y texture of the thicker pieces. Personally, I liked the crisper ones, but they were both tasty and slightly addictive after a while.

If you think you would also like a crisper texture, I recommend rolling them out verreeee thin, even if it makes the dough larger than the 10-inch diameter the recipe notes. If you have a good pizza stone, you would probably want to use that instead of the baking sheet called for.

I think the addictive element to these was thanks to the large amount of rosemary, olive oil and sea salt in the recipe. I might have oversalted a bit...note to self: sea salt is nearly invisible when sprinkled onto a damp surface, so you don’t have to keep sprinkling until you can SEE it. It’s there.

Other than the fresh rosemary, the ingredients in this recipe are ones most folks usually have on hand, and with how quickly they can be thrown together, this could be a good choice for last-minute entertaining.

Tomorrow: Parmesan Black Pepper Biscotti

Yesterday: Rosemary and Thyme Breadsticks

Tuesday: Buttermilk Biscuits with Green Onions, Black Pepper and Sea Salt