Note: preparation time depends on number of rolls. Takes only two minutes per batch.
Use leftover Superb Rolls for making breadcrumbs. One cup of commercial breadcrumbs has 76.0 grams of carb. A cup of breadcrumbs made from Superb Rolls has 10.8 grams of carb.
Making breadcrumbs is an cinch with a food processor. The crumbs keep practically forever at room temperature. You can also store them in the fridge or freezer. Collect leftover rolls until you have a sizable batch. Drop them in a container or into a roasting pan and cover with a light kitchen towel. Never store them airtight.
Cut the dry rolls in halves or quarters and toss them into the food processor using the metal blade. Fill the processor (whatever size) about three-fourths full. Pulse to get fine crumbs.
You can also put the chunks in a plastic bag and pound them with a meat mallet or use a rolling pin. The crumbs are more heat sensitive than regular breadcrumbs, so reduce your heat setting slightly when cooking with them.
Intense Garlic Bread Surprise
This recipe is quick to make. You can use rolls of any size. Use two rolls per serving, or more. For two or three servings of garlic bread, mix 1/3 cup butter with 8 Teasps crushed garlic or 4 Teasps powdered garlic. Note that 1 Teasp. crushed garlic has 1.0 gram of carb; 1 Teasp. garlic powder has 2.3 grams of carb..
Ingredients:
¾ cup cold water plus 2 Tablesps (very important)
6 Tablesps butter (¾ stick)
¾ cup vital wheat gluten flour (see Note)
1/3 cup unbleached, all-purpose wheat (white) flour
trace of salt (two light shakes or to taste)
8 Teasps crushed garlic or 4 Teasps powdered garlic
3 eggs *
1 egg white
Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 420°F. Have ready one large, nonstick, heavy-gauge metal cookie sheet. Put the water and the butter in a heavy 2-quart saucepan, preferably with a rounded bottom, over medium heat. Occasionally stir the mixture while you wait for the butter to melt.
Meanwhile, thoroughly combine the two flours, and a pinch of salt in a medium-mixing bowl.
As soon as the butter has melted and the mixture
begins to simmer, add the dry mix all at once, and stir vigorously
with a wooden spoon. Within just a few seconds, the dough will become
smooth and leave the bottom and sides of the pan. Keep stirring until
no flour shows. Cook for about 10 seconds longer and remove from
heat.
Put the hot saucepan on a cold burner or other safe
surface. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each
addition. At first the dough will appear lumpy. When the whole eggs
have been added, the dough will be smooth. It should be creamy and
hold peaks with almost no settling. Work in the egg white. Now the
dough will be just right; it will still hold its shape, but in softer
peaks. It should form mounds that do not spread on the cookie sheet,
but sink back and broaden out slightly. Occasionally, you may need to
make a judgment call. Depending on the size of the eggs, the dough
may be sufficiently soft even before you add the final egg white. In
that case, omit the egg white or add it by the Tablesp. The right
consistency makes the best rolls. Dough that is too stiff results in
smaller rolls; dough that is too soft (i.e., spreads out wide on the
cookie sheet) may result in flat rolls.
If you like, use your electric mixer to work in the
eggs. Simply transfer the hot dough from the saucepan to the mixer
bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time. Do not over beat because if
you do, the rolls may develop large air pockets. Use a flat beater if
you have one.
Put spoonfuls of dough on the cookie sheet,
choosing the size you prefer. Use large Teasps or even soupspoons to
drop the dough. Place them fairly close together.
Bake the rolls for about 25 to 28 minutes or until they are golden brown
and crusty on top.
Preheat oven to 300°F or 325°F. Slice each roll into
four or five pieces and spread the garlic butter on one side only.
Set the slices on a nonstick, heavy-gauge metal cookie sheet, garlic
side up. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on top of the garlic bread
slices, using about 1 ounce. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the
slices have turned a golden color; the underside of the slices will
also turn golden.
Promptly freeze rolls that you do not plan to use the
day they are baked. Take them out of the bag to thaw at room
temperature. You can also put the frozen rolls in the oven, set at
350°F (no need to pre-heat), and bake for 5 minutes. You can toast
rolls (slice in half), but you need a wide-slot toaster or toaster
oven. The rolls toast rapidly, so use the lowest setting.
Garlic and cheese add 9.0 grams of carb. A single
serving (based on two 3 ½-inch rolls) has 11.1 grams of carb.
Save unused rolls in a dry place until rock hard. They will be used for
Magnificent Bread Crumbs.
