Carrot Grissini
Carrot grissini are an easy finger food, a healthy snack, and an impressive party appetiser! A rosé Merlot, a medium-bodied rosé wine, is ideal as an apéritif served with an appetiser of carrot grissini and smoked paprika hummus!
Servings Prep Time
40-50grissini 10minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
20minutes 1hour
Servings Prep Time
40-50grissini 10minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
20minutes 1hour
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Peel the carrots and roughly chop them. Bring a medium saucepan of water over medium-high heat to the boil. Steam the carrots for 5′-10′ or until tender. Remove the carrots from the saucepan with either a slotted spoon or drain them into a colander. Set aside to cool.
  2. Peel and grate the other two carrots at an angle on the large side of a cheese grater.
  3. Place the boiled carrots in a food processor or blender and process for 1′-2′ just until puréed.
  4. In a medium bowl pour the olive oil and wine.
  5. In a large bowl stir the flour, baking powder, salt and cumin together.
  6. Then start folding and mixing the solids into the liquids using a rubber spatula, until the flour has disappeared.
  7. Add the carrots, the shredded and the puréed. Gently knead the ingredients together by hand until the dough is uniform and can be rolled into a ball.
  8. Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F).
  9. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper. Pull off pieces of dough the size of a walnut and roll into lengths around 1 cm thick. Place them on the baking tray.
  10. If you want to coat some or all the grissini with sesame seeds follow this technique in order for the seeds to stick: Put the sesame seeds in a bowl and fill it with cold water. Drain them. Put the seeds on a paper towel. Roll each one back and forth in the seeds.
  11. Bake the grissini for 15′-20′ until golden.
  12. Turn off the oven and leave them to dry for 15′.
Recipe Notes

Useful Information

  1. You can shred all 4 carrots, though the carrot purée adds a splash of orange colour to the grissini.
  2. Fresh orange juice (2 oranges) can be used as a substitute for the wine.
  3. Leave to cool; store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
  4. You can use black sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds or your favourite mixture.

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