Ham and cheese mini rings, pitted sweet green olives and if you prefer, instead of buying ready-made bread dough you can make it yourself — here I also give you that recipe.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Budget-friendly
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 245.06 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 30.65 (g) of which sugars 1.00 (g)
- Proteins 11.27 (g)
- Fat 9.16 (g) of which saturated 1.20 (g)of which unsaturated 1.98 (g)
- Fibers 1.25 (g)
- Sodium 196.17 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 80 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 9 oz bread and pizza dough
- 2 oz emmental
- 2 oz cooked ham
- 1.4 oz olives (pitted)
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour ("00")
- to taste fennel seeds
Tools
- Bowl
- Edible marker
- Chopper
- Kitchen towel
Steps
Cut the cheese and the cooked ham into thin small cubes. Do the same with the pitted green olives.
Place the risen bread and pizza dough, the flour and
the egg.
Knead the ingredients until you obtain a homogeneous, smooth dough.
Incorporate the cheese and cooked ham into the dough,
then add the olives.
Blend all the ingredients thoroughly
cover with a kitchen towel and, away from drafts, let rest for 30 minutes.
Cut the dough into pieces; I weighed 1 oz per portion,
with these pieces form small balls, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cover with the towel and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
After the time has passed, form the mini rings by poking a hole in the center of each ball with a finger or the back of a wooden spoon.
Bring salted water to a boil and immerse a few rings at a time.
Cook the mini rings for one minute, then remove them, let them drain and place them back on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Brush all the ham and cheese mini rings with the beaten egg,
then sprinkle a pinch of fennel seeds on top.
Bake in a preheated oven at 374°F for 20–25 minutes.
Here are the ham and cheese mini rings, perfect to accompany cold cuts or tasty appetizers.
About fennel seeds
Fennel seeds have mainly digestive properties; they contain an aromatic substance called anethole that acts as a soothing agent in case of abdominal pain. Fennel seeds also have depurative properties for the liver and blood and are anti-inflammatory for the colon.
