Grissini – Italian Breadsticks#BreadBakers

      For this month’s bread bakers Breads from Italy was the theme given by Anshie of SpiceRoots. I first thought of making Focaccia then changed my mind to make this easy bread sticks. I always prefer to bake easy breads .

     I was surprised to read about the history of this easy bread sticks.

About Grissini :

                  Piemonte : Grissino

     Grissino is a long , thin and crispy stick made with bread dough. It’s widely popular in the whole world since centuries . The history of grissini is closely related to that of Piedmont , a region in northwest Italy .

    Grissini were invented at the end of the 17^th century to cure health problems of young Duke Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy. The duke had major difficulty digesting most foods and Don Baldo di Lanzo , the court doctor , commissioned the court baker , Antonio Brunero , to make an extremely light and friable bread.

     Antonio decided to take part of the dough use to make ghersa , a typical bread of Turin , and stretch it out  into long , thin strips. Once baked , the thin breadsticks were crisp and easy to digest. Thanks to this recipe the duke’s health improved . the duke was crowned as king in 1713. Legend has it that the ghost of Vittorio Amedeo , with a grissino in hand , still haunts the rooms of his old castle.

  Napoleon  referred grissini as “ little sticks of Turin’’ and  loved them .He had  them delivered to paris  directly from Turin (Piedmont).

Requirements :

Multigrain wheat flour – 3 cup

Lukewarm water – ¾ cup

Sugar – 2tsp

Salt – 1 ¼ tsp

Instant yeast – 2 tsp

Dry milk – 1 tbs

Olive oil – 2 tbs

Topping :

Sesame seeds

Mixed Italian Seasoning

Method :

  I used store bought Multigrain wheat flour to make this bread sticks. You can use wheat flour or pastry flour to make this bread sticks.

In a bowl , add the flour , dry milk , sugar , salt and yeast , mix together .

Add in the lukewarm water , olive oil  and mix well.

Sini.

Knead for ten minutes or till the dough becomes soft and supple.

Cover the dough with a towel and let the dough rest for 2 hour or till it doubles.

Knead the doubled dough again.

 I made plain grissini , Mixed Italian seasoning grissini and black sesame seed grissini.

Divide the dough into 24 small balls. Take a ball and place it on the kitchen counter , dust a little flour and roll it into rope with the four fingers of both hand.

 Roll till you get the desired length – plain Grissini.

For herbed grissini , roll the plain grissini on the mixed Italian seasoning .

For sesame seed grissini , I rolled the plain grissini on the black sesame seeds.

Arrange the prepared  grissini on the baking tray , brush each grissini with olive oil.

Bake in the preheated oven @ 180*C for 20 minutes or till the sticks are lightly brown.

Remove from oven and cool on a rack and store in air tight container. It will be fresh for 3 days.

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Serve grissini with your favourite dip.

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