Thursday, May 04, 2006

Grissini Torinesi

I've been looking for a recipe for Italian Grissini for some time. I can't remember what got me hooked on these breadsticks, but I vaguely recall I had some really nice ones at an Italian restaurant. As usual, I thought it might be good if I can make my own, can satisfy my craving and save some money.

This recipe is from the book Ultimate Bread by Eric Treullie, the same book where the french baguette recipe is from. It's also kindly posted by the same KC member. I did not follow the full instructions though, replacing the plain flour with half bread flour and half plain flour, simply because I ran out of the latter. Not sure if the bread flour played a part, but the resulting grissini had just the right balance of crunch(the exterior) and chew (on the insides).


Perfect for dipping into a steaming bowl of soup or just munch on it, like what I did with five sticks as soon as they were cool enough to eat.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Angie, I didn't know you've a blog till I saw yr name at Ching's blog. Nice blog and the breadsticks are so nicely done. Also, the 'ring' to hold the breadsticks together is such a great idea - very innovative indeed! :-)

artchoo6

jadepearl said...

OMG, so professional!!! Kudus!!!
I love breadsticks!!!

Little Corner of Mine said...

It's too pretty to be eaten!! I love bread sticks too but not in the baking mood.

Unknown said...

Jolene, thanks for your kind words, and thanks for visiting :)

Jadepearl, Ching, you both can have my breadsticks, virtually ;p

Ching, great to see you back at KC!

rokh said...

i love these too.

Tazz said...

*thumbs up* ;)

Anonymous said...

Wow, those look great! Actually, I have a question that I wanted to ask you, and for the life of me, I can't find your contact information. So would it be possible at all for you to email me at de.larc.en.ciel@gmail.com?

-Danielle

Unknown said...

Thanks Eve and Danielle :)

Anonymous said...

Angie, hope your knee get well soon. Take good care hor.

artchoo6

Little Corner of Mine said...

Thanks Angie. Virtually ah...already finished all your breadsticks liao. LOL!

Unknown said...

Jolene, thanks for your wishes.

Ching, you're most welcome. Now can I have some of your yummy phat thai? ;p