Bread sticks - grissini

They are freezable, which  is great for this time of year.  Make them now, freeze them and take out when needed. Great with dukkah, drinks or as 'emergency' bread. They look fabulous if served in a vase / tall glass.

Ingredients:

-dough

3 cups bakers flour

1  tsp sea salt

1 tsp yeast

3 tbs olive oil

1 cup water

optional : oregano, pepper, garlic (to mix-in)

- for salty topping

1 tsp salt and 1 1/2 tbs flour mixed with 1/4 cup water 

Method:

Make a dough as you would for any bread (by hand or using bread machine / mixer...). Let it double (covered) in a warm spot, 1 -2 hours. Dust clean work surface with flour, place proven dough over it and roll out to thickness of 1 cm. Cut dough into long and thin (1-1,5 cm) shapes. Pizza cutter is great for this.

Replace each stick onto lined tin, leaving some space between them. Cover with a clean cloth and let it rest for 30 min.

Meanwhile, switch oven to 180*C; prepare salty topping.  Spoon topping onto sticks, making thin and irregular patterns. Bake for 10-12 min, or until slightly golden. Cool on wire rack. Enjoy warm, or freeze for later.

Note - you can use seeds and nuts for topping, also dough can be cut into different shapes.

Slani prutići - grisini

Odlicni iz zamrzivaca, sto je prakticno za predstojece praznike. Napravite ih sada, zamrznite i kasnije vadite po potrebi. Savrseni sa dukkah, picem, ili kao 'hitni' kruh / hljeb. Divno izgledaju ako ih servirate u vazu ili visoku casu.

Potrebno: 

-tijesto

3 solje brasna

1 k soli

1 k kvasca

3 K maslinovog ulja

1 solja vode

ako zelite: origano, biber, bijeli luk za umijesati u tijesto

- za slani 'preljev'

1 k soli i 1 1/2 K brasna umijesana u 1/4 solje vode 

Nacin:

Umijesite tijesto kao za kruh / hljeb, uz pomoc vasih kuhinjskih sprava ili rucno. Ostavite da nadodje, zatim pretresite na pobrasnjenu povrsinu i razvucite oko 1 cm debelo. Izrezite dugacke prutice (1-1,5 cm siroki); pica tockic je odlican za ovo. Prebacite prutice na tepsiju koju ste oblozili ili nauljili. Ostavite prostora izmedju. Pokrijte cisto krpom i ostavite 30 min na toplom.

Ukljucite rernu na 180*C; pripremite preljev. Kasicicom nanesite preljev u tankom mlazu. Pecite 10-12 minuta, ili dok blago ne porumene. Prohladite na zici za hladjenje, zatim servirajte ili zamrznite.

Napomena - tijesto mozete rezati u razne oblike; takodje sjemenke mozete posuti umjesto slanog preljeva.