Olive Breadsticks
These green olive breadsticks are as delicious as they are visually appealing. Imagine the salty goodness of green olives combined with soft and airy bread, all in the form of convenient, handheld sticks. Perfect for snacking, party platters, or accompanying your favorite soups and salads. With simple ingredients and easy steps, you'll soon be enjoying these flavorful breadsticks in no time.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 1kg/2lb 2oz strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
- 20g/¾oz salt
- 20g/¾oz instant yeast
- 800ml/1½ pints tepid water
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 x 1kg/2lb 2oz jar pitted green olives
- fine semolina
Instructions
- Oil two 2-3 litre/3½-5¼ pints square plastic container.
- Put the flour into the bowl of a mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add the salt to one side of the bowl and the yeast to the other. Add three-quarters of the water and begin mixing on a slow speed. As the dough starts to come together, gradually add the remaining water.
- Mix for a further 5-8 minutes on a medium speed. The dough should now be wet and stretch easily when pulled. Add the olive oil and mix for a further two minutes. Add the olives and mix until well-distributed.
- Put the dough into the oiled containers and leave until they have at least tripled in size â for approximately an hour.
- Line four baking trays with baking parchment or silicone paper and preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
- Dust the work surface heavily with flour â add some semolina too, if you have some. Carefully tip the dough onto the surface. It will be very loose and flowing â but donât worry. Rather than knocking it back, handle it gently so that you keep as much air in the dough as possible.
- Dust the top of the dough with flour and then stretch it out gently to a rough rectangle. Starting at one long edge, cut the dough into approximately 36 strips. Stretch each piece out until 20-25cm/8-10in long. Place six strips onto each of the prepared baking trays, spacing them apart.
- Bake the dough sticks for 10-15 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Cook Time
30M
Prep Time
PT2H
Yield
Makes 36 breadsticks
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