Simple and delicious oat cakes
Good old fashioned oat cakes are so so delicious and versatile. They are also super easy to make, as a batch to keep for the week ahead. With the main ingredient being pinhead oats (or steel cut oats) they make the perfect high fibre savoury snack teamed up with our smoked mackerel pâté or French sardine pâté. Another French way to enjoy those is with a little butter, some sliced radishes and a little salt. I like to vary the herbs or spices I mix in them; I have tried and tested rosemary, oregano, garlic, turmeric, curry powder, cumin and paprika. If you want to have them with cheese, I recommend to stick to herbs.
ingredients
makes 10-12
150g pinhead oats (steel cut oats)
70g buckwheat flour (or rye or wholemeal)
6 tablespoon water
30g butter, cold
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
Extras:
Ground cumin
Sweet smoked paprika
Fresh rosemary
Oregano
method
Prep time: 10mins
Cooking time: 15mins
Preheat the oven to 175°C.
In a medium bowl, mix together the oats, flour, soda and salt.
Cut the butter up in small cubes, add and rub into the oat and flour mixture with your fingers. Make sure it is well broken up and mixed through.
Add the water and mix together and form a ball.It will be sticky.
Lightly flour a surface and a rolling pin and roll out the mixture, keeping it quite thick (3-5mm). I sometimes don’t use the rolling pin and just use the palm of my hands to flatten the dough.
Cut out circles of the dough (with a cookie cutter) and place on a baking sheet tray. Reassemble the dough and cut out some more until all has been used.
Bake in the oven for about 15mins. They should feel dry and turn slightly golden.
the health boost tip
This super quick and easy oat cake recipe is one of those you will use again and again. A delicious homemade addition to your dinner party cheese platter or summer picnic!
