Asiago Spinach Breadsticks With Pine-Nuts
- 12 cup water, lukewarm
- 1 egg, separated
- 14 cup asiago cheese, freshly grated
- 5 ounces baby spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 14 cup pine nuts, toasted (toast in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes, stir halfway through)
- 1 12 teaspoons yeast
- 2 teaspoons water
- coarse salt
- Rinse the baby spinach leaves and microwave for 3 minutes.
- Drain & cool in colander.
- Then coarsely chop.
- Separate the egg and put the yolk in your bread machine pan.
- Save the white for the glaze.
- Put the remaining ingredients (except 2 tsp water and coarse salt) into bread pan in order suggested by your bread machine instructions.
- My breadman recommends wet ingredients first (egg, water, oil, honey, spinach leaves)with flour and pine-nuts next.
- Then put salt in off to one side and make a well in the flour for the yeast.
- Finally sprinkle the cheese on top.
- Set machine for dough, press start.
- Grease two baking sheets.
- Make a wash of the egg white and 2 tsp water.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- When dough is ready, remove from bread machine and punch down.
- Cut the dough into 16 pieces.
- Roll each pieces between your palms to form a rope about 6 inches long.
- Place breadsticks on baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Brush breadsticks with egg wash. Sprinkle with coarse salt (and chopped pine-nuts if desired).
- Bake bread sticks until golden, about 20 minutes.
water, egg, asiago cheese, baby spinach, olive oil, honey, salt, flour, pine nuts, yeast, water, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/asiago-spinach-breadsticks-with-pine-nuts-283077 (may not work)