Olive & parmesan damper rolls
Ingredients
"Quick and easy yeast-free rolls. Perfect partner to soups or top with ricotta, semi-dried tomatoes and rocket."
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Makes: 6 rolls
- 3 cups Healthy Baker Self Raising Flour
- 75g cold butter, diced
- 3 teaspoons dried Italian herbs
- 1/2 cup pitted black olives, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/3 cups buttermilk, plus extra for brushing
- topping:
- 1 tablespoon finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian herbs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 200ºC. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Sift flour into a large bowl. Add butter and rub with fingers until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in herbs, olives and Parmesan cheese. Add buttermilk and stir with a round ended knife just until combined.
- Turn onto a lightly floured board. Lightly knead dough – just until it comes together (over-kneading with result in dense rolls). Divide dough into 6 pieces. Lightly knead a piece of dough just enough to form it into a ball shape. Place on prepared tray. Repeat with remaining dough pieces. Brush each roll lightly with a little extra buttermilk.
- Combine topping ingredients and press gently onto rolls. Bake 25 minutes or until cooked (test by inserting a skewer into the centre of a roll – it should remove clean. Serve warm or cold.
Holly’s tip: olive & parmesan rolls are best eaten the day they are made