Grisini, delicious Italian bread sticks easy to make

These Italian bread sticks, long, thin and with a crunchy texture, are usually served in some restaurants before meals. A smart way to make the wait for the dishes not too long.

The dough for its preparation is an enriched bread dough with a little olive oil made with common wheat flour.

so that they remain crunchy, we have put a little wheat semolina on them and we have given them a little flavor by adding sesame seeds. You can add other seeds that you like, such as poppy or sunflower seeds. You can also add some cured cheese to get a Italian breadsticks even more addictive.

recipe information

• • Preparation time: 15 minutes

• • cooking time: 15 minutes

• • total time: 30 minutes (plus 1 hour and 30 minutes of rest)

• • rations: 10, 60 breadsticks

• • Category: appetizer

• • type of cuisine: Italian

• • Calories per serving (kcal):147

Ingredients for the breadsticks

• • 7 g fresh baker’s yeast

• • 160 ml of water

• • 300 g of all-purpose wheat flour

• • 7g of salt

• • 40ml olive oil

• • 30 g wheat semolina

• • 30g sesame seeds

How to make breadsticks

Before making the dough, dissolve 7 g of fresh baker’s yeast in 2 tablespoons of warm water. The total amount of water that this dough carries is 160 ml, so we will separate from this total, the amount necessary to dissolve the yeast.

Put 300 g of wheat flour, 7 g of salt and 40 ml of olive oil in a bowl, and pour in the rest of the water.

Now pour the yeast dissolved in water and integrate.

We work the mixture for about 10 minutes until we obtain a homogeneous and smooth mass. Next, we grease a bowl with oil to let the dough rise. We cover the bowl with the dough with a cotton cloth and leave it in a warm place for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Once the rest time has elapsed, we stretch the dough on a floured surface with a thickness of approximately half a centimeter. Spread over the surface of the dough 30 g of wheat semolina, this will make the breadsticks more crispy, and 30 g of sesame seeds. So that neither the sesame seeds nor the semolina fall out, we pass the roller before cutting the portions.

Cut the dough into thin strips about half a centimeter wide. We will get about 30 strips of dough.

We make a cut in half along the strips of dough, so that they are not so long. Thus we will obtain about 60 breadsticks. We twist each of the portions of dough to achieve its characteristic twisted shape.

We take the portions of dough to a baking tray prepared with parchment paper and bake the breadsticks for about 10 or 12 minutes at 200 ºC with heat above and below. Keep in mind that the dough can grow slightly in the oven, so it is convenient that the portions of dough are not too close together on the tray.

Once baked, we serve the breadsticks for the appetizer. To keep them crisp, we recommend storing them in an airtight container.

Easy preparation summary

1. 1. Dissolve the fresh yeast in a couple of tablespoons of warm water

1. 1. Put the wheat flour, salt, oil and the rest of the water in a bowl

1. 1. Pour the yeast into the bowl

1. 1. Work the dough and let it rest

1. 1. Roll out the dough and add the semolina and sesame seeds

1. 1. Cut the dough into thin strips

1. 1. We twist the portions of dough

1. 1. Bake the portions of dough for 10 to 12 minutes at 200 ºC

1. 1. We serve the breadsticks as an appetizer