Bread croutons with black pepper and basil in the oven

A simple and delicious addition to salads and soups! In many families, croutons are always served to the first dishes on the table. Some salad recipes also require the presence of an ingredient such as croutons. They can be purchased in the store. But why overpay for something that can be made from ordinary bread, using your favorite seasonings and spices and get a natural and fresh product. In addition, bread croutons are so delicious that they are often eaten like seeds. Croutons can be made from white and black bread. From black bread, croutons turn out to be more dense, men like them more with beer.

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Bread croutons with black pepper and basil in the oven

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Composition / ingredients

servings:

White bread

200

Salt

to taste

Ground black pepper

to taste

Basil (dried)

Paprika

Olive oil

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 11 % 7 g

Fats 18 % 11 g

Carbohydrates 71 % 44 g

315 kcal

GI: 0 / 100 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:
Let's prepare the ingredients for white bread croutons. For such croutons, the taste of garlic, sweet paprika, ground black pepper and salt is perfect. Dried basil will give a zest to the taste of toast. It needs quite a bit to get a wonderful taste.
Step 2:
It is better to use yesterday's bread, slightly dried, so that it does not crumble when you start cutting it with a knife. Cut the bread into slices of the same thickness and cut them into small cubes.
Step 3:
Pour olive oil into a bowl. Garlic is passed through a press or grated on a fine grater. Add garlic, sweet paprika, chopped dried basil, freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste. Stir the mixture.
Step 4:
Pour the cooked bread into a bowl with sauce. Mix it with your hands or a spoon so that all the bread cubes are covered with sauce. On a baking sheet (you can cover it with parchment, so that after baking you do not wash it from the remnants of oil) we spread croutons.
Step 5:
The oven is heated to 170 degrees. We put a baking sheet with croutons in the oven. Dry them for about 5 minutes. Then we take out the baking sheet, carefully, so as not to get burned, mix the croutons with a spatula so that they dry out evenly.
Step 6:
Put the baking tray with croutons in the oven again. We repeat the procedure again so that the croutons are browned evenly. Remove the baking tray with croutons from the oven. Let them cool on a baking sheet. We put it in a bowl and serve it to the table.
Step 7:
Such croutons should be stored in glass jars, tightly closed with lids. But still, they should not be stored for a long time, because unlike ordinary crackers, they are soaked in oil, which can become rancid with long storage. Bon appetit!