Carta Di Musica with Herbs

2.0
(1)
1 Review

Give traditional Sardinian crackers, whose name is Italian for sheet music, a beautiful addition of fresh herbs and edible flowers to the paper-thin dough.

By
Paige Grandjean
Paige Grandjean
Paige Grandjean

Paige Grandjean is a food editor, recipe developer, and food stylist with over seven years of experience in food media. Her work has appeared in more than 15 nationally distributed publications, award-winning cookbooks, and digital platforms.

Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines
and
Liz Mervosh
Portrait of Elizabeth Mervosh
Liz Mervosh
Elizabeth Mervosh is a recipe tester and developer for Dotdash Meredith Food Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. She creates and fine-tunes recipes for brands including Southern Living, Real Simple, Food & Wine, People, and EatingWell.
Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines
Updated on November 1, 2023
Tested by
Food & Wine Test Kitchen
Tested by Food & Wine Test Kitchen
Recipes published by Food & Wine are rigorously tested by the culinary professionals at the Dotdash Meredith Food Studios in order to empower home cooks to enjoy being in the kitchen and preparing meals they will love. Our expert culinary team tests and retests each recipe using equipment and ingredients found in home kitchens to ensure that every recipe is delicious and works for cooks at home every single time.
Meet the Food & Wine Test Kitchen
Carta di Musica
Photo: Greg DuPree
Active Time:
3 hrs 40 mins
Total Time:
3 hrs 40 mins
Yield:
16 crackers

Like pressing a flower between the pages of a book, sealing whole, unbruised herb leaves or edible flowers in dough limits their exposure to oxidizing air, preserving their natural colors. Choose whichever soft herbs and edible flowers you like for the crackers — colorful purple Thai basil, squash blossoms, and lacy dill create a deliciously gorgeous spectacle. Tender herbs like basil and dill are best for this sheer, delicate dough; tough, woody herbs like thyme and rosemary can cause it to tear.

Note from the Food & Wine Test Kitchen

The same versatile Homemade Dough Sheets used to make these golden-crisp crackers can also be used to make Basil Ravioli Three-Cheese Ravioli with No-Cook Fresh Tomato Sauce (or make both!).

Cook Mode (Keep screen awake)

Ingredients

  • All-purpose flour, for work surface and dusting

  • 4 Homemade Dough Sheets, divided

  • Fresh soft herbs and edible flowers

  • 6 tablespoons olive oil, divided

  • 2 teaspoons flaky sea salt (such as Maldon), divided

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Place one dough sheet on a well-floured surface with one long side facing you. Brush right half of dough sheet lightly with water; arrange herbs and flowers as desired on top in a single layer. Fold the dry dough half over the herbed dough half, encasing the herbs and flowers; press gently to adhere. Flour dough generously, and cut in half crosswise.

  2. Set rollers of pasta machine to setting number 4. Working with one filled dough piece at a time, feed dough through pasta machine. Continue re-feeding dough through pasta machine, reducing the roller width 1 notch each time, until dough has passed through number 6 (third narrowest setting), flouring dough between feedings as needed to prevent sticking. Trim edges to straighten; cut in half crosswise into two sheets (about 12 inches long). Transfer dough sheets in a single layer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat process with the second filled dough piece.

  3. Brush the four rolled dough sheets lightly with 1 1/2 tablespoons oil; sprinkle evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Place baking sheets on center rack of preheated oven, and bake until crackers are light golden brown, 5 to 9 minutes, rotating baking sheets (turning from front to back) after 4 minutes. (Watch closely; these quickly go from pale to very dark.) Carefully transfer crackers to a wire rack. Let cool 10 minutes.

  4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 (three times) with remaining dough sheets, herbs, flowers, oil, and salt.

Originally appeared: June 2019

Related Articles

Card Placeholder Image
Whole-Wheat Rosemary Crisps
2 hrs
focaccia-col-formaggio-2-ft-recipe0819.jpg
Focaccia col Formaggio
3 hrs 50 mins
Fig-and-Rosemary Focaccia with Pecorino
Fig-and-Rosemary Focaccia with Pecorino
4 hrs 20 mins
Pepperoni Rolls with Garlic Anchovy Marinara
Pepperoni Rolls with Garlic-Anchovy Marinara
4 hrs 50 mins
Bavarian Soft Pretzels
Bavarian Pretzels
Cornbread Dressing
Cornbread Dressing with Celery and Fresh Sage
1 hr 35 mins
Gluten-Free Vollkornbrot Loaf
Gluten-Free Vollkornbrot (German Bread)
20 hrs 5 mins
Coco Bread Recipe
Coco Bread Is the Taste of Freedom
2 hrs 5 mins
Baked Naan Chips
Baked Naan Chips
2 hrs 50 mins
Sourdough Crackers Recipe
Sourdough Crackers
2 hrs
Frasca's Grissini, Frasca • Boulder
Frasca's Fast Grissini Recipe
Focaccia
Focaccia
16 hrs
Spelt Focaccia with Kale, Squash and Pecorino
Spelt Focaccia with Kale, Squash and Pecorino
3 hrs
Rustic Apple Rye Bread
Rustic Apple-Rye Bread
1 day 6 hrs 20 mins
Corn Biscuits with Savory Herb Streusel
Corn Biscuits with Savory Herb Streusel
2 hrs
Margherita Pizza with Arugula
Margherita Pizza
12 hrs