GREEK CARROT BREADSTICKS WITH SESAME SEEDS

Greek Carrot Breadsticks with Sesame Seeds image

Provided by Marilena Leavitt

Time 50m

Yield 40

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 cups AP flour
¾ cups corn meal
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
½-1 tsp. paprika
½ tsp. ground turmeric (optional)
2 large carrots, grated, about 7 oz.
½ cup white wine
1 cup olive oil (or, ½ cup olive oil + ½ cup sunflower oil)
¼ cup sesame seeds (optional)

Steps:

Add the flours, baking powder, salt, paprika and turmeric to the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk until incorporated.
Peel and grate the carrots and add them to the dry ingredients. Stir to distribute evenly.
Add the wine, olive oil and sunflower oil to the dry ingredients. Using a dough hook, mix all the ingredients on low speed until the mixture comes together to form a ball. Cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes. The dough should feel lightly oily and be very easy to handle.
Preheat the oven to 360°F.
Divide the dough into quarters. Sprinkle the sesame seeds on a baking sheet and set it aside.
Working with one of the four quarters of dough at a time, take a small piece of dough, about the size of a walnut, and roll it on a clean surface to form a rope about 10" long. Once each quarter of the dough is rolled into about 10 ropes, pick up each one and re-roll it gently on the sheet pan with the sesame seeds.
Place the sticks on two parchment paper-lined sheet pans and bake for 25 minutes, or, until the bottoms of the breadsticks are lightly brown. Move to a rack and let them cool!