Chapter #3 : (Cheesy Rosemary Flavor) Grissini

It's been a week, but something pulls Joanna back into the kitchen. Yes, a new recipe is on the table! Leave all the paper things, put on the apron, prepare some ingredients, she's excited for Grissinis.

As reminded before, Grissinis somehow looked like bread stick. But once you bite and crack it into flakes, you'll see the difference. Grissinis in some places are considered as bread stick, no one blames, Grissinis are the original kind of bread stick.

The texture of Grissinis is not that crispy as regular bread stick, it is because Joanna puts additional ingredients in the basic bread ingredients. They are milk, olive oil, and malt syrup. This time, she also puts dry rosemary granules and grated Edam cheese into the dough to produce flavor. Yum!

After usual bread processing phases (you start to memorize the 5 phases, don't you?), the smell of something baked in the oven fills the air, and Joanna can't stand more than the last 20 minutes. So, when the oven dings, here is the result..

Fresh from the oven..

 Serve few sticks only for appetizer

You know, you can flavor the Grissinis with other herbs or spices such as basil, sesame seeds, black pepper, or cheese only, whatever you like. Just remember, put them appropriately to avoid losing Grissinis' original taste, which is a bit salt and floury. 

Black pepper flavor Grissinis

Grissinis are often served as appetizer, but you can also have them while watching tv. Joanna's cheesy-rosemary Grissinis are packed in jar, each contains gross weight of 750 grams. The light texture and the flavor will not stop you from bitting until the jar is empty. And if the main course takes so long, you will not want it any more after all. Hmm.. care for few bites ?

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Chapter #2 : Bread Stick (Cheesy Bites)

Joanna is back in her kitchen, and she's busy preparing some ingredients. Flour, yeast, a pinch of salt, water.. (is she going to bake more baguettes ?). No, no more baguette, she grabs some cheeses, today she craves for bread sticks.

Don't be mistaken between bread stick and grissini even they are pretty much similar in size and shape (we will discuss about grissini in the next chapter). Bread stick is crispy dry bread originating in Turin, Italy, since 14th century. It is generally pencil-sized, and served on the table in the restaurant as an appetizer. 

The original bread sticks

As she mentioned earlier, the ingredients she uses to make bread stick is somehow the same with what she used to make baguette. They are. The difference is, bread stick dough can be combined with other ingredient such as cheese (what we use here is Edam and Parmesan). Then, let's do the same process, started with mixing bread basic ingredients, proofing, resting, shaping, and finally baking. Edam cheese is combined at the phase of shaping.

The dough is about to be shaped..

After 20 minutes baking, fresh from the oven!

The whole process will take approximately 2 hours. It's easy, tasty, and satiating. It suites for you who love having snacks during work hour, it is also a best friend for movie. Joanna's bread sticks (cheesy bites) are packed in jar, each contains gross weight of 750 grams. Don't you care for this Joanna's super tasty cheesy bites ? *wink*

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Chapter #1: Baguette

Joanna is in the kitchen, and today she's about to share experience of her very first recipe. It's a Baguette. Excited?!

What is Baguette anyway ?  Baguette is a long thin loaf of French bread, made from basic lean dough. It has a diameter of 5 or 6 centimeters, and a usual length of about 65 centimeters, but it has been adjusted to our Indonesian taste so the length is shorten into about 32 centimeters only.

Baguette dough consists of bread basic ingredients : flour, yeast, a pinch of salt, and water. Sounds simple and easy right, but the whole process of making it will take approximately 3 hours. Started with mixing, proofing, resting, shaping, and finally baking, fiuh! You may wonder what does the dough turn into in the oven, so here they are. Voila!

Aren't they beautiful ? Yes, they come out with baking aroma and its brownie hard skin. Don't worry, once you cut them into slices, you will find the soft texture inside. Baguette can be enjoyed with garlic butter (known as Garlic Bread), used for sandwich, or served with cheese. 

Baguette for sandwich

Yummy! The pleasure pays more than the spent 3 hours. Joanna's softy baguette is good for your breakfast, you can even do creation with your menu. Care for some soft slices ?

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