Best Salt And Pepper Grissini Recipes

BLACK PEPPER 'N PARMESAN GRISSINI

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine water, yeast and sugar; stir until yeast is dissolved. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Stir in whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour with whisk until mixture is smooth. Cover and let stand in warm place 35 to 45 minutes or until mixture is light and bubbly.
• Stir in 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Add 3/4 cup of the all-purpose flour, gradually adding additional all-purpose flour as necessary to make dough easy to handle.
• Place dough on lightly floured surface. Knead 10 minutes or until dough is smooth and springy. Grease large bowl with oil. Place dough bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place about 1 hour or until dough is doubled in size. Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.
• Position one oven rack in lower third of oven and second oven rack in upper third of oven. Heat oven to 425°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
• Gently push fist into dough to deflate. On lightly oiled surface, pat out dough to 8-inch square. Using pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut square in half. Cut each half crosswise into 16 strips. Roll each strip to 10 to 12-inch length; place on cookie sheet. Brush with 2 to 3 teaspoons olive oil; sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and 1 teaspoon pepper.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and crisp, moving cookie sheets to other rack position halfway through baking. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

PARMESAN GRISSINI

Steps:

• In large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add oil, salt and 2 1/2 cups of the flour; mix until soft dough forms. Place dough on lightly floured work surface; knead in enough remaining 1/2 cup flour until dough is no longer sticky.
• Grease large bowl with oil or shortening. Place dough in bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap; let rise in warm place about 2 hours or until dough has doubled in size. Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.
• Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. Place dough on lightly floured work surface; lightly sprinkle top of dough with flour. Roll into 18x12-inch rectangle. Cut crosswise into 1/3-inch-wide strips. Place strips on cookie sheets. Cover loosely; let rise in warm place 30 minutes or until puffed.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray tops of breadsticks with cooking spray; sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes, turning once, until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks; cool before serving.

GRISSINI

Steps:

• Dust 1/2 pound pizza dough with flour; flatten into a rectangle. Roll out with a pasta machine on the widest setting into a 5-by-18-inch sheet, 1/8 inch thick. Halve the sheet crosswise, dust with more flour and cut each half into fettuccine-size strips with the pasta machine. Arrange the strips 1/2 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Cover with a damp paper towel and plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until puffed, 60 to 90 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Bake at 350 degrees F, switching the pans halfway through, until crisp, about 20 minutes.

SALT AND PEPPER GRISSINI

Steps:

• Whisk together flours, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, then stir in buttermilk and butter with a fork. Transfer to a lightly floured surface and gently knead 5 or 6 times.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Form dough into a log and cut into 16 pieces. Roll each piece into a 10-inch-long rope (if dough sticks, lightly flour work surface) and arrange 1/2 inch apart on 2 parchment-lined large baking sheets.
• Brush breadsticks with beaten egg white and sprinkle with pepper and remaining kosher salt (to taste). Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden and crisp, 20 to 22 minutes total. Transfer to racks to cool.