Saturday, 16 March 2019

Whilst I'm on the subject of divine dough …


Bread Sticks

Using my favourite new product – pizza dough from The Northern Dough Co. - here's another idea and it's not pizza. The fastest bread sticks ever.

One dough ball
15g finely grated Parmesan
30g of unsalted butter
garlic powder or garlic salt to sprinkle

Take one dough ball and defrost in your fridge.

When defrosted lightly flour a baking tray and your working surface - cut the dough into 8 similar sized pieces. Roll each piece of dough between your hands to create a sausage shape. As a guide I rolled out each piece to 12cms in length (4½”) making sure to leave space between each piece. Cover the bread sticks with cling film until you're ready to garnish and bake.

Leave at room temperature for your bread sticks to prove – in other words to “rest”. I left mine for an hour.

When you're ready pre-heat your oven as high as it will go – in my case 220fan/240c/Gas 9.

Melt the butter and brush each bread stick, sprinkle with garlic powder or garlic salt if you prefer and finish with finely grated Parmesan.

Bake on high for 4 minutes.

Serve with pesto, or, my personal favourite the classic mixture of Balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil and turn it into a help yourself starter with Italian meats and cheeses – yum! You could try a little fusion and serve with a baked Camembert.

Photos coming up ...

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