How to Make Restaurant Style Garlic Knots

Are you nuts about garlic knots but sometimes disappointed in the freshness of the product you get. Have courage help is here.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Blender
• 3 (or more if you like it garlicky) cloves of fresh garlic.
• 1/2 cup Romano cheese
• one pound frozen dough, or make your own.
• one cup Spaghetti sauce (for dipping)
• Teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and black pepper.
• 3/4 of a cup of extra virgin Olive Oil

1. If using frozen dough defrost dough before you proceed. Then place your dough on a flat clean surface and shape it into an oblong shape. With a wheel cutter cut dough in half length wise and then into 3/4" strips. Wrap each strip around your fingers and form a knot. place them on a lightly oiled pan until they are all tied.

2. pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees. While waiting for your oven to heat up put your garlic and oil in blender and run until garlic is incorporated. Add salt, granulated garlic, pepper and pulse to mix. Pour into a large bowl.

3. When oven is ready put your tray of garlic knots in and cook for fifteen to twenty minutes until they are golden brown. Let cool until they are just warm. Then place knots into oil bowl add Romano mix well. serve warm Spaghetti sauce for dipping with your knots. A good Merlot wine goes well with this appetizer.

Tips & Warnings

• These are so good you can serve them instead of garlic bread.
• These are so addicting you may have to enroll in re-hab.

[lanhamkevin]

on 9/30/2009 After trying this recipe, I wanted to jump off a building. Taste horible.