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Rustic Grissini with Olives and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Crisp, fragrant grissini, perfect for aperitivo or for serving with cured meats and cheese. A simple yeasted dough with plenty of Mediterranean flavour.

Total time 48min
Prep time 30min
Cooking 18min
Servings 20
Difficulty Easy
Rustic Grissini with Olives and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Method

  1. Tip the flour, the water, the crumbled yeast and the oil into a large bowl. Stir with a spoon until you have a rough but evenly mixed dough.
  2. Add the salt, the olives and the sun-dried tomatoes. Work everything together with your hands or a wooden spoon until all the ingredients are incorporated. The dough will be soft and slightly sticky: that is normal, so resist adding more flour.
  3. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth or cling film. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes at room temperature.
  4. Once rested, give the dough its first set of folds: lift one edge and fold it into the centre. Repeat all the way round, turning the bowl as you go. Cover and rest for another 20 minutes.
  5. Repeat the folding twice more, always with 20 minutes of rest in between. You will feel the dough become more elastic and better structured.
  6. After the last fold, cover the bowl again and leave the dough to rise for 2 hours at room temperature, until doubled in volume.
  7. Dust the work surface generously with fine cornmeal. Turn the risen dough gently out onto it.
  8. Press the dough down with your hands to knock out some of the air, shaping a circle about 32 cm across. Handle it as little as possible so you don't break up the olives and tomatoes.
  9. Cut the dough into strips about 1.5 cm wide, which gives you around twenty grissini roughly 32 cm long.
  10. Lay the grissini on two baking trays lined with baking paper, well spaced so they don't stick to each other as they bake.
  11. Dress the grissini with a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, spreading it evenly with a brush.
  12. Bake at 200°C (400°F) in a fan oven for 15-18 minutes, until the grissini are deep golden and crisp.
  13. Take the grissini out and move them to a wire rack to cool completely. This step makes them even crisper.