GRISSINI WITH CHEESE AND BLACK PEPPER

Procedure:

1. To start preparing the Italian breadsticks, you need to grate the cheese.
2. Mix the ground cheese with black pepper and put it to your kitchen mixer.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the water, sugar and the yeast. Stir to dissolve.
4. Now, add the flour and salt to the kitchen mixer and pour it in a little bit of yeast mixture. Knead for about 10 minutes, by gradually adding the yeast mixture.
5. Now, when the dough is firm, add the oil into the dough and knead again at low speed.
6. As soon as the mixture is well mixed and the dough firm enough, transfer the dough to the pastry board and work briefly with your hands. Then put the dough ball into a big bowl, cover it with a cloth or cling film and left to rest for about 2 hrs at the room temperature until the dough is doubled.
7. Remove the dough from the bowl, and put it on the floured surface using a rolling pin. Work until you get a rectangle of 19x25cm and a height of 7-8mm approximately.
8. Evenly trim the edges and then, with a wheel pastry cutter, cut the long stick at about 7mm thick. Gently place the breadsticks on a baking tray covered with parchment paper.
9. Now let to rest for about 20 minutes before putting into the oven.
10. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius.
11. Halfway through baking, you can turn them on the other side and continue baking, but it is not necessary. Once baked, let them cool on a rack.