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White Miso Sesame Grissini

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5
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150 mins
bread
side dish

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by Natasha
Published on 17 August 2022
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I came around this particular dish because I had thought about the many times I went to an Italian Restaurant and how they always had some side dish before you get your food. The most popular ones I always seem to get are breadsticks, or as Italians would call them "Grissini".

Grissini is a very simple side dish, or you may as well refer to them as a light snack. Usually, the kinds of grissini I would get are the typical plain ones or some kind with the cheese flavour.

In this grissini recipe, I will be making a fusion flavoured one. I thought about a great way to infuse Japanese and Italian flavours together. So this is how I came up with white miso sesame flavoured grissini.

There are many times that I’ve come across fusioned flavoured dishes but I think one of the most common ones would be Italian and Japanese. Italian dishes are great but Japanese flavours always amplify it to a whole new level.

These white miso sesame grissini are crispy and salty but have that delicious rich flavour from the white miso. White miso is a great ingredient as it is very common and easily found. And on top of that, the sesame seeds, once baked, will release some of that oil to give these white miso grissini some aromatics.

What’s great about this recipe is that it only needs to ferment once. But the fermentation time will take longer than usual (about 2 hours) since the dough has no sugar in it for the yeast to feed on.

This recipe is good for one glass full which is great for a table of 4-5 people to enjoy before their dinner. This is also a great party snack to make. You can dip it in sauces such as sesame dressings, salsas, or eat plain just as it is.

This dough is similar to pizza dough as there is a lot of olive oil being used. Since we are using a lot of oil in this recipe, this dough will be easy to work with. You will need to roll them out into thin, long strands.

Since this grissini recipe contains sesame seeds, you will need to roll the individual dough in it. However, don't worry about having too many sesame seeds on the dough, as the dough will expand in the oven, some of the sesame seeds might even fall off the dough.

The great thing about working with grissini dough is that it’s not meant to look very perfect and straight like other store-bought ones. They were meant to look home-made and rustic and now, you’re able to make some at home yourself.

Additional Notes from Author:

  • Keep in mind when working with a yeasted dough that has sugar it will tend to rise faster than ones that don’t.
  • This particular dough doesn’t need to ferment two times because the dough is shaped thin.

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White Miso Sesame Grissini

by Natasha
servings
4 people
prep time
135 mins
dish type
Bread
cook time
15 mins
course
Side dish
total time
150 mins

ingredients

  • for the White Miso Sesame Grissini

    • 45 mlwater(warm)
    • 13 gramolive oil
    • 10 grammiso paste
    • 0.5 tspsalt
    • 100 grambread flour
    • 1 gramyeast
    • 10 gramolive oil(as needed, for brushing)
    • 50 gramwhite sesame(as needed, to roll)

instructions

cooking instructions

  1. Heat up the water in the microwave at 300 watts for 30 seconds or until it reaches 100-105 degrees celsius.
  2. Add oil, miso paste to the warm water. Mix it together until the miso paste is broken down.
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  3. In a medium bowl, add bread flour, yeast, and salt. Mix until well combined.
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  4. Combine both wet and dry ingredients with a spatula and mix until it forms into a tacky dough
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  5. Add the dough to a work surface and start kneading until the dough is smooth. Form it into a ball.
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  6. Take the ball of dough and place it in the bowl that was used to make the dough. Wrap it in plastic wrap and let the dough rest at room temperature for 2 hours or until it’s doubled in size.
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  7. Prepare a large baking tray and place baking paper on the tray. Brush the paper with olive oil.
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  8. When the dough has doubled in size, punch out the gas and take it out to a work surface.
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  9. Shape the dough into a ball and roll the dough flat into an oval with a rolling pin. Roll it until it is about 1 cm thick.
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  10. Cut the dough into strips, roughly about 1cm wide and 10 cm long.
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  11. Take individual pieces and roll and stretch them into long strands, about 20cm long or however long your baking tray is.
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  12. Place individual rolled pieces on the baking paper.
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  13. Take the leftover olive oil and brush the work surface you used to roll the dough. Add sesame seeds to the work surface. Roll the dough on the greased side and then roll it on the sesame seeds so that it’s fully covered.
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  14. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees celsius.
  15. Place the covered dough on the baking tray.
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  16. Bake the grissini for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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  17. Now add them to a small mason jar or cup and enjoy it as a snack or something to go along with your dinner.
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bread
side dish
snack
sesame