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Homemade Rosemary Grissini
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Homemade Rosemary Grissini

Homemade rosemary grissini - crisp Italian breadsticks, perfect as an aperitif or alongside soup

⏱ 55 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Dough base

  1. 1
    Mix the flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Add the lukewarm water and some of the olive oil and Knead about 5 minutes, until the dough is smooth.
    ⚙ KneadingBowlStand mixer
    💡For yeast dough, use the windowpane test: a small piece stretches into a thin, translucent sheet without tearing, and that's the sign the kneading is done. Add flour only by the tablespoon, and only if the dough is still sticky after a few minutes: too much flour makes a tough dough.
  3. 3
    Cover and Let rise 30 minutes in a warm place, until the dough doubles in size.
    ⚙ ProofingPlastic wraporKitchen towel
    💡Let rise in a warm, draft-free spot. The dough is ready when it has doubled, and a gentle finger press leaves a dent that fills back slowly; if it springs right back, wait longer.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 5
    Flour a work surface and roll out the dough 2 mm thick and cut into 1 cm wide and 20–25 cm long strips.
    Rolling pinKnife
  3. 6
    Arrange the sticks on a baking sheet.
    Baking sheetParchment paper
  4. 7
    Brush the sticks with the rest of the olive oil.
    Pastry brush
  5. 8
    Sprinkle the rosemary, sesame seeds and coarse salt on top.
  6. 9
    Bake 12–15 minutes, until the grissini are crisp and turning golden.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking sheet
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
175calories
4 gprotein
24 gcarbs
7 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 56%● fat 35%

Per serving (64 g), of 8 servings

For the Dough base · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking sheet · Also works: Baking pan (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Pastry brush · Also works: Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Spread with the back of a spoon, less even) · Paper towels (Paper towel dipped in oil)
  • Rolling pin · Also works: Glass (for drinking/serving) (Bottle/glass, less even rolling) · Pasta machine (For pasta dough)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Parchment paper · Kitchen towel or Plastic wrap

Helps, not needed: Stand mixer

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