Bread sticks from Turin – Grissini Torinesi

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These Bread Sticks are crunchy and gorgeously rustic.

A perfect accompaniment to your antipasto platter of salami, prosciutto, cheese and olives.

Baking these Bread Sticks

One of my greatest loves in baking with yeast. I remember only being about 12 years old and buying a packet of dried yeast to make my first loaf of bread. It wasn’t the best bread I had tasted but it lit a fire in my “baking belly” for yeast cookery. The idea that with a few simple ingredients we can create a wide variety of baked goods. My fascination with yeast has never waned and I have many cookbooks on the subject. One of my favorites is “The Italian Baker” by the award winning writer Carol Field.

These knobbly bread sticks are a perfect example of the wonderful recipes contained within this cookbook. They are crunchy, wholesome, and it’s hard to stop reaching for another. The recipe is simple. Why don’t you try it?

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Bread Sticks

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Rising time

1 hr

Total Time

45 mins

 

These bread sticks from Turin are the traditional Grissini Torinesi. Crunchy and tasty. Perfect with an antipasto platter of salami, prosciutto, cheese and olives.

Course: Bread

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: bread, bread sticks

Servings: 20 bread sticks

Calories: 117 kcal

Author: adapted from The Italian Baker by Carol Field

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 teaspoon dried yeast
• 1 tablespoon malt syrup
• 1 1/4 cups water (warm)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (plus more for brushing)
• 3 3/4 cups bread flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup semolina flour

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

1. Mix the yeast, malt and warm water together in your stand mixer bowl. Allow to stand 10 minutes or so until bubbly. 
2. Add the oil, flour and salt and start mixing slowly with the dough hook until it all comes together. 
3. Continue to knead with the dough hook for about 3 minutes. Remove dough and knead a little by hand to bring it together.
4. Place the dough back in the bowl and rub the surface with a little oil. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled. That could be an hour or more.
5. Preheat your oven to 225C/ 450F

To shape

1. Sprinkle the dough with semolina flour. 

2. Cut the dough crosswise into 4 equal pieces then cut each into 5 strips. You should have 20 strips.
3.  The dough is lovely and elastic so pick up each strip and stretch and pull until you have nice long bread sticks. Roll in more semolina if you like. 

4. Place each one onto a baking sheet (there should be no need to grease because the semolina will stop the sticking). 

5. Bake for 20/25 minutes until nice and crunchy. If you have a pizza stone the bread sticks can be baked directly on the heated stone

Nutrition Facts

Bread Sticks

Amount Per Serving

Calories 117 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Sodium 176mg8%

Potassium 38mg1%

Carbohydrates 21g7%

Protein 3g6%

Calcium 5mg1%

Iron 0.4mg2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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