Cricket flour seed crackers

Eat Crawlers

This is a super easy and tasty recipe. It makes the perfect crackers that are healthy and high in protein. Eat them as they are, or loaded with avocado or your favourite toppings. The team at Eat Crawlers have kindly shared this unique recipe with us, to find out more about edible insects go to the Eat Crawlers website. https://www.eatcrawlers.co.nz/

Ingredients

½ cup	Sunflower seeds (Main)
½ cup	Pumpkin seeds (Main)
¼ cup	Sesame seeds (Main)
¼ cup	Linseed / flaxseed (Main)
¼ cup	Chia seeds (Main)
¼ cup	Cricket flour (Main)
½ tsp	Salt
1 cup	Water
1 tsp	Flaky sea salt, to sprinkle

Directions

1. Heat oven to 170C. Place all seeds, cricket flour and salt into a bowl. Add the water and mix to combine. Leave it for 15 minutes for the flax seeds and chia seeds to soften and bind with the ingredients together.
2. Tip mixture out onto a baking paper lined tray. Spread the mixture as evenly as possible with a rubber spatula, aim to get it about 4mm thick all over. Sprinkle desired amount of sea salt over the top.
3. Bake for 10 minutes, and remove from the oven. Cut the mixture into crackers with a pizza cutter or knife. Then place back into the oven to bake for another 40 - 50 minutes until crisp and golden. Remove and allow to cool on a rack and store in an airtight container.

See more of Eat Crawler's recipes for cooking with insects

• Asian style crispy noodle salad with locusts
• Gluten-free chocolate brownie, with cricket flour and black ants