It often happens that the bread at home has run out, and no one wants to run after it to the store. Or there is simply no such possibility. What to do in this case? Bread sticks, baked quickly enough, can help out. Many housewives know about this and often use this option. Moreover, the sticks are great not only with hot soup or tea, but also with ordinary milk, and with many other dishes. Today we will start preparing this delicious food - magic sticks, moreover, with various additives and seasonings.

Recipe for sticks with cheese and aromatic herbs

You can use whatever cheese you can find in your refrigerator at the right time. Required products: warm water - 150 ml, granulated sugar - one teaspoon, fast-acting dry yeast - one teaspoon, flour - 250 grams, salt - half a teaspoon, hard cheese - 200 grams, cumin and rosemary - half a teaspoon each, one chicken egg, olive oil - two tablespoons, poppy seeds or sesame seeds. Cooking bread sticks with cheese. Making a dough. Pour warm water into a cup, pour it into it, mix it, add yeast, cover - and let it stand for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, chop fresh cumin and rosemary, grate cheese. Sift flour into a large bowl, add salt, herbs and cheese, mix. Now pour in the yeast, mix again. Add the egg and then knead the dough. To make it easier to knead, pour in olive oil, two tablespoons. We turn on the oven to heat up to 200 degrees. After 15 minutes, we begin to form bread sticks. To do this, pinch off a part of the dough and roll it out on the kitchen surface with your hands. Next, pour some sesame seeds onto the table and roll them into the dough. At the end of the process, put the sticks on a baking sheet covered with parchment and send them to the oven, where we bake for 10-15 minutes.

Grissini - Italian breadsticks recipe

These products are available in every restaurant and cafe in Italy. To prepare them, you need the following products. For the dough: flour - 600 grams, salt - two teaspoons, dry instant yeast - two teaspoons, water - 350 ml, olive oil - three tablespoons. For additives: coarse salt, dry herbs, cheese, poppy seeds, sesame seeds. Cooking grissini breadsticks. mix with salt and yeast. Add the oil to warm water and gradually pour it into the flour, constantly kneading the dough, which should turn out to be soft and elastic. We cover it and put it in a warm place for 60 minutes.

Then we divide into four parts, each of which we roll into a thin layer, grease with oil and sprinkle with grated cheese, sesame seeds, Provencal dry herbs. Slightly press the powder into the dough with a rolling pin. Then we cut it into strips of two centimeters thick. We twist them in spirals and put them on a baking sheet with parchment, which is then sent to the oven for half an hour, preheated to 200 degrees. Cool the finished dish and store in a bag or closed container.

Sesame sticks recipe

This dish may well replace the usual bread in some situations, for example, when decorating a buffet or a buffet table. Ingredients: fresh yeast - 50 grams, premium flour - one kilogram, sugar sand - two tablespoons, salt - one teaspoon, one hundred grams of vegetable oil and Now consider a lean recipe for how to make bread sticks with sesame seeds. Pour warm water, exactly 500 ml into a deep bowl, add yeast and granulated sugar, stir and leave alone for 20 minutes.

Then add salt, stir again. Then add the whole kilogram of flour and start kneading the dough. At the end of the process, pour in vegetable oil and knead until the dough takes all the flour. Cover with a towel and leave at room temperature for 20 minutes. And only then knead until smooth.

Form sticks and bake

After 40 minutes, divide the dough into three parts, roll them out in a thin layer and sprinkle with sesame seeds on both sides. Then cut into long thin strips up to one centimeter wide. Cover the baking sheet with parchment and put these strips on it. If you wish, you can twist them into spirals, or you can leave them straight.

Before the bread sticks go into the oven, let them settle for a little, about 20 minutes. But it is no longer necessary that the size does not increase greatly. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, put a baking sheet in it and bake the sticks for 15 minutes. When ready, immediately remove from the baking sheet and collect vertically in a bouquet. Serve on the table in a basket or a tall vase.

Traditional breadsticks: recipe for cooking

Here is another recipe for traditional Italian hand-made bread sticks. Products: dry yeast - 1/3 packet, can be replaced with one tablespoon of fresh baker's, warm water - 100 ml, sugar sand - one pinch, malt extract - two teaspoons, salt - one tablespoon, premium flour - half a kilogram. We will use a glass container to knead the dough. We warm it by pouring hot water. Then we wipe it dry, put in the yeast, pour in warm water and add a pinch of sugar sand.

Stir until the yeast dissolves and leave it alone for 15 minutes. Knead a third of the flour and salt with a wooden spatula. Little by little, add another third of the flour, constantly kneading, until the mass doubles in volume. To knead the dough, prepare the work surface and sprinkle with flour. Put the mass out of the bowl and, adding a little flour, knead the dough for ten minutes. It should become elastic and smooth. We make a big ball out of it.

The process of making breadsticks in Italian

Tear off a small, walnut-sized piece, form a ball out of it and place on a floured table. We do the same with the rest of the test. The result should be approximately 30 balls. We take one of them, knead it with our hands, then put it on the table and roll it out to the shape of a thin long sausage. We transfer to a baking sheet, greased with oil or fat. We repeat the operation with other balls, folding on and there are our future bread sticks (about 30 pieces). Preheat the oven to 280 degrees and send the baking sheet into it for 10 minutes. Then we take it out and turn the product over.

And again in the oven. Already 7-8 minutes. Do not allow the brown color of the baked goods. Let it cool down - and you can serve it on the table. The sticks, prepared correctly according to this recipe, should be crispy. Place the damp dish in the oven for a couple of minutes just before serving.