You’ve heard of hassleback potatoes, you know, potatoes that are thinly sliced not quite all the way through and baked with lots of butter and sometimes cheese and other toppings
Well, why not hassleback rolls!
I like pretzel rolls, but they are heavy and dense so I decided to create some Hassleback rolls
Cut them in thin slices all the way to the bottom, stopping just short of cutting all the way through
I made 3 versions, Butter & Salt, Italian Pesto, and Chicken Salad
Butter & Salt has butter between the slices and is topped with a generous sprinkling of Sea Salt
The Italian Pesto is spread with pesto sauce and filled with ham, salami and Fontina cheese
Now, you know this is going to be good~
Bake the rolls for 10-15 minutes at 350. Bake the roll for the chicken salad plain and fill after baking
The Butter & Salt roll could be changed up with garlic seasoning, Parmesan, sesame seeds, Everything Seasoning, fresh herbs such as rosemary or chives~
The slices get a little toasty on the edges and the roll still remains soft down deep inside so you get the best of both worlds~
Filled with chicken salad, this toasted Chicken Salad Hassleback Roll is pretty hard to resist
A different presentation can amp up the simplest dish
Hot out of the oven, the Italian Pesto just winks at you and says, you know you want a bite!
BUTTER & SALT HASSLEBACK ROLLS
Ingredients
- 6 pretzel rolls [or any hard roll]
- 12 T butter
- kosher salt
Instructions
- Slice rolls into thin slices without slicing all the way through. Generously butter slices and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes until hot and starting to brown. Makes 6
ITALIAN PESTO HASSLEBACK ROLLS
Ingredients
- 6 pretzel rolls [or any hard roll]
- 12 slices salami cut in half
- 12 thin deli slices ham folded in half
- 6 oz Fontina cheese cut into thin slices
- 12 T pesto sauce [I use Buitoni pesto from the refrigerated pasta section]
Instructions
- Slice rolls into 8 thin slices without cutting through the bottom of the roll. Spread 2 T of pesto on slices of each roll. Stuff each roll with ham, salami and cheese in alternate slices. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes until hot and melted. Makes 6 rolls.
CHICKEN SALAD HASSLEBACK ROLL
Ingredients
- 6 pretzel rolls
- 3 cups fresh chicken salad
- lettuce leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Slice rolls into thin slices, cutting down but not all the way through, rolls. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until toasted. Spread chicken salad in between each slice and serve rolls on a bed of lettuce leaves. Makes 6
You can serve these rolls with a knife and fork, but you can also just pull slices off with your fingers and munch away~
I used Pretzel Rolls from Costco, but obviously you could adapt these recipes to any style hard roll.
Endless possibilities for creations and masterpieces here!
To see my version of hassleback potatoes, No Hassle Hasslebacks click here
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