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Breadcrumbs are used in many recipes. If you are frying chicken, meat, fish, or vegetables, breading helps preserve the flavor of the food better. In addition, rusks are used to improve the taste (especially if spices are added to them) and texture of some dishes, such as meatballs. Panko is a type of bread crumbs in which the crumb is coarser and crunchier. The steps below will guide you through making panko crackers at home.

Steps

1. 1 Take a loaf of yesterday's French bread and cut it into slices.
   • Cut the bread lengthwise into 1/2-inch slices.
   • Remove the crust. When cutting off the crust, try to cut off as little crumb as possible.
   • When you have removed the crusts, cut each piece into 1/2-inch cubes. Some of the pieces that were near the top edge of the loaf will be slightly smaller.
2. 2 Grind the pieces of bread in a food processor. Select high speed mode and enable ripple if your combine has one. As a result, you should have a large crumb.
3. 3 Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
4. 4 Dry the bread crumbs. Spread the crumbs evenly over several baking trays so that the crumbs dry out gradually in the oven and do not burn.
5. 5 Drying of bread crumbs. Your goal is to dry the breading mixture so that it does not brown.
   • After the oven has reached the desired temperature, leave the crumb trays in the oven for 4 minutes.
   • Shake the baking sheets to mix the crumbs. This will dry them evenly.
   • Leave the baking sheets in the oven for another 4 minutes.
6. 6 Cool the breadcrumbs on baking sheets. Leave the breadcrumbs on a baking sheet for an hour or more. You should have well-dried bread crumbs.
7. 7 Store panko breadcrumbs in an airtight container. You can store these rusks at room temperature for several weeks.

Tips

• One loaf of French bread (700 grams) makes about 500 grams of bread crumbs.
• Grind the bread slices in a food processor in small portions, so you get a smoother crumb.

What do you need

• Loaf of yesterday's French bread (700 grams)
• Oven
• Baking trays
• Food processor
• Knife