• Breadsticks

    Ingredients

    • ¼ quantity of basic bread dough
    • milk, for brushing
    • coarse salt or sesame seeds, to garnish

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a baking tray.

    2

    Make your dough according to the recipe on p45. Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and knead for 3 minutes.

    3

    Roll the dough into a sausage shape and cut into slices of about 15g. Roll each one into a stick the thickness of your little finger and about 20cm in length.

    4

    Place on the baking sheet and set aside to prove for about 10 minutes.

    5

    Brush with milk and sprinkle with salt or sesame seeds.

    6

    Bake in the oven for 20 minutes then turn the oven down to its lowest setting and leave the sticks to crisp.

    7

    When cold, store in an airtight container.