The recipe was born at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The protection and integrity of the future King of Sicily, Vittorio Amedeo II was the cause of the technical elaboration of the stretched breadstick.
King Vittorio Amedeo II repaid the inventiveness of Antonio Brunero, court baker, by starting
a political and cultural revolution against the French and Spanish oppressors.
Vittorio Amedeo II thin in constitution and with continuous eating disorders that prevented him from growing, as a future King of the House of Savoy competes, strong and robust.
The court doctor Don Ubaldo Pecchio ordered thin strips of bread from the baker Antonio Brunero, without crumbs and highly digestible, in this way the “gherssin” was born.
Another Sovereign, Charles Felix King of Sardinia, was fascinated by the gastronomic breadsticks, eating and munching on them even during theatrical performances at the Teatro Regio.
Ingredients:
- flour 500 gr.
- water 250 ml.
- fresh brewer’s yeast 15 gr.
- salt a pinch
- extra virgin olive oil 50 gr.
- oil for brushing.
Method:
- Arrange the flour in a well, place the yeast dissolved in a little water in the center;
- knead by gradually adding more water;
- incorporate the oil until you get a homogeneous mixture;
- let it enervate by beating it for about 5 minutes;
- make a loaf and put it on the work surface greased with oil and let it rise (covered) for 90 minutes;
- Cut thin strips from the shortest part and iron them outwards with your hands, index finger and thumb.
- Bake at 200° for 20 minutes.
