Sea biscuits

Name: Sea biscuits
Yield: Makes about 20
Ingredients: 200 g unsalted butter, chilled and diced; 1 tbsp cornish sea salt; 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper; 1 tsp caster sugar; 2 tbsp chopped chives or garlic chives; 1-2 tbsp water; 320 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 2 sheets of nori seaweed

Preparation info

Makes about
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

These are perfect biscuits to nibble with drinks or to serve with cheese. They also make a great canapé base for something fishy like smoked salmon, fish tartare or pâté.

Ingredients

2 sheets of nori seaweed
320 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
200

Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Crumble the seaweed in your hands or briefly give it a whiz in a food processor until sugar-like in consistency.

Put the flour, butter, two-thirds of the salt, black pepper and sugar into a bowl and rub between your fingers to a breadcrumb-like consistency. Add the seaweed and chives and mix together well, then slowly add the water to form a smooth dough.

Roll the dough out onto