Saturn (tomato & basil) rolls

As part of my business I can take recipes and adapt them to fit a topic or make them more suitable for the client’s needs. In this case these rolls are linking with a school’s Space topic, The mixed herbs in the dough represent the rocks in Saturn’s rings and the cottage cheese the ice. It’s for Primary aged children to make and we have 1.5 hours to make, bake and clean up. In this short time frame it’s very difficult to make proper bread so these are a great compromise. The original recipe for these rolls uses a food processor, not ideal with a class of children with minimum kitchen facilities, so by using value/basics cottage cheese that is usually less chunky than more expensive brands you eliminate the use of a blender.

The cottage cheese gives the bread a lovely fluffy texture. Something you wouldn’t expect with bread made with no yeast. If you are using a thick, chunky cottage cheese I recommend you put it in a blender to make it smoother. Low fat cottage cheese also works well.

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Saturn (tomato & basil) Rolls
Based on Tomato Pesto Rolls in What Shall We Cook Today?
Makes 6 small rolls 

250 g self raising flour

1/4 tsp salt

125 g cottage cheese (if your cottage cheese is very chunky put in a blender for a few seconds)

1 tsp dried mixed herbs

1/2 egg

60 ml milk

3 cherry tomatoes, cut in half

6 basil leaves

olive oil

1) Pre heat oven to 190°c. Cover baking tray with a sheet of baking parchment or fine sprinkling of flour.

2) Put the flour, cottage cheese, salt, mixed herbs, egg and milk in a bowl and mix until you have a soft dough. If the dough is a bit dry add a splash more of milk.

3) Turn out on to a floured worktop and knead twice so it looks smoother.

4) Divide the dough into 6 pieces, roll into a ball and place on baking tray.

5) Make a deep hole in each roll. Push a basil leaf and tomato half into the hole.

6) Drizzle with olive oil then bake for 15-20 until rolls are risen and golden.

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