Savoury Biscuit
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Serves: 4 - 8 persons
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups (183g) cassava flour
  • 2 tsp (6g) cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp (4g) baking soda
  • ¾ tsp sea salt
  • 2 tbsp (10g) nutritional yeast
  • 5 tbsp (70g) red palm oil, chilled until solidified + 1 tbsp red palm oil, melted
  • ½ cup water + 1tbsp water (optional, if necessary)
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F/ 200°C
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients together
  3. Coarsely grate or chop the red palm oil into the dry mixture, cutting with a pastry cutter or rubbing in with your fingers, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs
  4. Combine the water and maple syrup and add them to the dry ingredients
  5. Stir to mix gently until it comes together as a ball of sticky, crumbly dough
  6. Turn out the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper, pat down and shape with your fingers to form a disc of ¾ inch/ 2 cm thickness
  7. Score with a knife into 6 - 8 wedges. Poke the dough lightly with a fork
  8. Spread the dough surface lightly with the melted red palm oil
  9. Transfer the parchment paper with the biscuit dough on it to a baking sheet
  10. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant
  11. Serve warm
Recipe by Provincial Paleo at http://www.provincialpaleo.com/savoury_biscuit/