Breadsticks

INTRODUCTION

Breadsticks, or originary called Grissini, are Italian pencil-sized sticks of crisp dry bread that can be convined in a lot of ways, for example cheese and onion. They may be offered at the table as an appetizer.

 

INGREDIENTS

For the dough:

280mlLukewarmwater.             10gr Yeast                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

50 ml Olive oil

5 gr Sugar

10 gr Salt

500 gr Strong wheat flour

For the surface:

4 tablespoons Olive oil

Sesame seeds

Sunflower seeds

Sweet pepper

Coarse salt (Maldon salt)

 

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Step 1: Make the dough

- In a bowl, mix all the ingredients of the dough until they are all well integrated. Dust the table surface with some flour and knead the dough for 10 minutes or till it's smooth and elastic.

-When it's done, let it to leaven for 1 hour painted with olive oil and covered with a cloth.

Step 2: Shape the breadsticks

- Pre-heat the oven at 220ºC

- Cover a baking tray with some parchment paper.

- With the dough, shape some nut sized balls. Stretch them with the hands and place them in the tray.

- Paint the breadsticks with egg and cover them with the supplements. Ones with sesame seeds, others with sunflower seeds and the rest with a little of sweet pepper and salt.

Step 3: Bake

- Bake them for 12 - 15 minutes or until they are golden-brown.

- Take out the tray from the oven and let them to cool before eating.

 

By: Lluïsa Estrada Arias