Cornmeal Cayenne Grissini Recipes

GRISSINI

Steps:

• Dust 1/2 pound pizza dough with flour; flatten into a rectangle. Roll out with a pasta machine on the widest setting into a 5-by-18-inch sheet, 1/8 inch thick. Halve the sheet crosswise, dust with more flour and cut each half into fettuccine-size strips with the pasta machine. Arrange the strips 1/2 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Cover with a damp paper towel and plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until puffed, 60 to 90 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Bake at 350 degrees F, switching the pans halfway through, until crisp, about 20 minutes.

CORNMEAL-CAYENNE GRISSINI

Steps:

• Stir together warm water and yeast and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Stir together flour, cornmeal, table salt, and cayenne in a large bowl, then stir in yeast mixture and oil just until a dough forms.
• Turn out dough onto an unfloured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer dough to an oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise in a warm place 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Punch down dough and turn out onto unfloured work surface. Roll 2-teaspoon portions of dough into 10-inch-long sticks and arrange about 3/4inch apart on greased baking sheets.
• Brush sticks lightly with oil and sprinkle with kosher salt.
• Bake in batches in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until sticks are crisp and ends are golden, 22 to 25 minutes total. Transfer to racks to cool.

CORNMEAL SWEET POTATO BREADSTICKS

Steps:

• Sprinkle to yeast over the warm water in a large bowl. Let stand 5-10 minutes, until foamy.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Knead 8-10 minutes, until smooth and elastic. (Compared to traditional breadstick dough, this may feel oily, and won't develop such obvious gluten strands.).
• Cover and let rise about an hour, until doubled in bulk.
• Preheat over to 350°F.
• Roll dough into 8-10-inch-long sticks and place on a greased baking sheet. Thinner sticks (pencil-sized) will be crunchier and have more of a caramelized taste. Thicker sticks (finger-sized) will have distinct crust and bread textures.
• Bake about 10 minutes, until lightly browned.

GRISSINI

Steps:

• Stir together yeast, 1/4 cup warm water, and sugar in bowl of mixer and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.)
• Add semolina flour, "00" flour, and salt to yeast mixture along with oil and remaining 1 1/4 cups warm water and mix at low speed until a very soft dough forms. If necessary, mix in just enough "00" flour (up to 1/4 cup) to prevent dough from sticking to side of bowl. Increase speed to medium and beat, scraping down side of bowl occasionally, until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes (dough will be soft). Scrape dough into center of bowl and dust with 2 tablespoons additional "00" flour. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and let dough rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in upper and lower thirds. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Punch down dough and turn out onto a floured surface (do not knead), then cut dough in half. Keeping 1 half covered with plastic wrap, cut other half into 16 equal pieces and roll each into a 15- to 16-inch rope (1/8 to 1/4 inch thick), lightly dusting your hands if dough is sticky. Arrange ropes 1/2 inch apart on 1 baking sheet, then make more ropes with remaining dough and arrange on second baking sheet.
• Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until grissini are pale golden and crisp, 30 to 35 minutes total. Transfer to racks to cool.