If you are fond of Italian cuisine, you will surely be familiar with Garlic Knots.
Beautifully shaped with a flavour of garlic, parsley and parmesan cheese, these homemade little treats are a must if you are planning an Italian meal for your weekend brunch or house parties.
Well, those who are not familiar with the Garlic Knots, these tasty knots are crusty on the outside and light as air from inside.
They take very less time to bake if you have already prepared the dough.
So, you can prepare the dough in advance and bake them whenever you want to serve it.
Make sure you make double the quantity of what you are thinking to make, as these will fall short when served among your guests, because none can just stop at one, neither can you.
Learn how to make this mouth watering bread, which is best served fresh out of the oven and can be served on its own, with a dip of your choice or just as a side with your pizza, pasta or risotto meals.
Also next time you crave for Pizza Hut, Papa Johns or Dominos, just make them and I am sure it will satisfy your pizza cravings.
What are Garlic Knots?
Garlic Knot is Italian bread which is super soft, airy, and fluffy from inside and a little crusty from outside.
Full of buttery garlic flavour and aroma, these mini Italian treats make for a great appetiser or a side dish with your meals.
If you have less time on your hand, you can also use the store bought pizza dough to make this garlic knots recipe.
But I would recommend making it fresh, because the best Buttery Garlic Knots turn out when made with the homemade dough.
These are flavoured with garlic and parsley which adds a fantastic taste to it and takes the taste of these knots a notch higher.
At the end, adds some grated parmesan cheese on the top of hot knots, which will enhance the taste even more.
If you want to make Cheesy Garlic Knots, you can also stuff some Mozzarella Cheese inside and bake them.
They tastes delectably amazing too.
Ingredients
Storage Suggestion
You can store these in fridge for a day in an air tight container.
Just heat it for 10 seconds before serving it again.
It is not recommended to refrigerate it for more than a day, because the knots will get dry and become stale very fast.
If you have leftover, you can freeze them instead.
Just wrap them tightly with aluminium foil or plastic freezer wrap, or place in heavy-duty freezer bag.
Whenever you want to reheat these frozen knots again, preheat your oven, place the knots in a baking sheets and bake them for 4 to 5 minutes.
You can also freeze the dough to make these knots later.
Just thaw the dough and shape them into the knots and bake.
Serving Ideas
These knots can be served with pasta dishes like White Sauce Pasta, Aglio E Olio, or Roasted Red Pepper Pasta.
You can serve these with a salad or any main course dish.
I like to pair these with Lemon Butter Chicken, Instant pot Chicken Stew or Chicken with Mushroom Sauce.
Step by Step Recipe
Mix warm water, warm milk, sugar and yeast in a bowl.
Keep aside for 5-8 minutes.
Mix flour, salt, garlic powder and olive oil in a bowl.
Add the yeast mixture to the bowl and mix together to make a dough.
Take out the dough on a lightly floured surface and keep kneading with the heel of your hands for 10-12 minutes. ( Kneading is the key guys. Do not compromise on this step ) If using a stand mixer, knead on medium speed for 6-8 minutes.
Lightly oil a bowl and transfer the dough in the bowl.
Cover the bowl with a moist cloth and keep it in a warm place for 2 hours, till the dough doubles in size.
Lightly punch the dough.
Divide the dough into 15 equal pieces. Lightly oil your work surface and roll each piece into a ball. Roll each ball into a 7-8 inch long cylinder.
Then bring the ends together to make a knot.
Grease a baking sheet and line the knots on the sheet keeping a distance of 1 and 1/2 inch between each knot.
Cover with a cloth and keep aside in a warm place for an hour.
Pre heat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Set the oven on TOAST MODE where both the heating elements with work. ( In my oven it is represented by two parallel lines ) Mix egg white with a tbsp of water. Lightly brush the egg wash on the knots. Bake the knots for 15- 20 minutes, till slightly browned form the top.
Meanwhile heat butter and olive oil in a pan.
.Add garlic and fry until it is slightly browned. Add parsley and switch off the heat.
When the knots are done, pour the butter mixture over them. Grate Parmesan over the hot knots.
Parmesan Garlic Knots Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup Warm Water (warm)
- 1/4 cup Warm Milk (warm)
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 Egg white
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive oil
- 2 tsp Garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp Fresh parsley (chopped)
- 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese ( to grate on top of the knots)
Instructions
- Mix warm water, warm milk, sugar and yeast in a bowl.
- Keep aside for 5-8 minutes.
- Mix flour, salt, garlic powder and olive oil in a bowl.
- Add the yeast mixture to the bowl and mix together to make a dough.
- Take out the dough on a lightly floured surface and keep kneading with the heel of your hands for 10-12 minutes. ( Kneading is the key guys. Do not compromise on this step )
- If using a stand mixer, knead on medium speed for 6-8 minutes.
- Lightly oil a bowl and transfer the dough in the bowl.
- Cover the bowl with a moist cloth and keep it in a warm place for 2 hours, till the dough doubles in size.
- Lightly punch the dough.
- Divide the dough into 15 equal pieces.
- Lightly oil your work surface and roll each piece into a ball.
- Roll each ball into a 7-8 inch long cylinder and then bring the ends together to make a knot.
- Grease a baking sheet and line the knots on the sheet keeping a distance of 1 and 1/2 inch between each knot.
- Cover with a cloth and keep aside in a warm place for an hour.
- Pre heat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Set the oven on TOAST MODE where both the heating elements with work. ( In my oven it is represented by two parallel lines )
- Mix egg white with a tbsp of water.
- Lightly brush the egg wash on the knots.
- Bake the knots for 15- 20 minutes, till slightly browned form the top.
- Meanwhile heat butter and olive oil in a pan.
- Add garlic and fry until it is slightly browned.
- Add parsley and switch off the heat.
- When the knots are done, pour the butter mixture over them.
- Grate Parmesan over the hot knots.
Notes
Aruna Manikandan
looks perfect and very tempting 🙂
Princy Vinoth
So soft and pillowy breads!!Love them.
Anu Shoj
wow awesome and perfectly done…luv ur clicks…
Priya Suresh
Seriously i want that basket of garlic knots, certainly very tempting garlic knots there.