Grissini
As a snack with your favourite dips or as an accompaniment to a meal, these breadsticks will whisk you away to Italy.
2 h
Easy
4-6
Recipe Ingredients
- 1×7 grams sachet of dried yeast
- 1 teaspoon caster sugar
- 4 tablespoons water, lukewarm
- 250 grams plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 120 millilitres water, lukewarm
- 40 millilitres olive oil
- herbs and/or seeds of your choice (sesame seeds, thyme, oregano, black cumin, sea salt, etc.)
Methods
1. Activate the yeast
Dissolve the yeast with 1 teaspoon of sugar in 4 tablespoons of lukewarm water and leave it to stand until foamy. It takes approximately 5-10 minutes.
2. Make the dough
In a mixing bowl, mix the flour with a teaspoon of salt. Pour in the water, followed by olive oil and activated yeast. Knead the mixture well with the dough hook of a hand mixer. After kneading, cover the dough with a tea towel and let it rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, or until it has doubled in size.
3. Shape the dough
Once the dough has doubled in size, transfer it to a lightly floured surface and knead a few times. If using different flavours, divide the dough so that there is a piece of dough for each flavour. I divided my dough into 4 equal parts, added thyme to one part, and then kneaded the herbs into the dough.
Roll the dough out to about 1 cm (a bit more than ⅓”) thick. You can sprinkle the dough with sea salt, sesame, cumin, etc. before cutting it into ribbons. The easiest way to cut the dough is to use a pizza cutter. In total, you should end up with about 40 long ribbons. If you use too much flour to roll out the dough and the seeds don’t stick, brush the dough with a little olive oil and then spread out the seeds.
Arrange the ribbons on a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Keep a little space between them, as they will still rise. You can twist the ribbons of dough to give them a customised look. Cover the grissini with a tea towel and let them rest until the oven is preheated.
4. Bake
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Once the oven is ready, bake the grissini for about 10 minutes, or until light golden and crisp.
5. Serve
Once baked, carefully place the breadsticks on a wire rack to cool completely. Serve them as snacks with your favourite dips or as an accompaniment to a meal.
Enjoy!
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