For Joan’s kitschy Italian birthday feast, I attempted grissini for the first time.

The recipe had one of my least favourite features – ingredients listed in the method that are not on the ingredients list – ARGH!

Don has turned me into a huge convert of the whole mise en place thing, so it’s crazy annoying to have everything measured out and find that you need something else in the midst of cooking. I can’t even fathom the rationale behind this.

Anyway, despite the unexpected drama of the day and interrupted cooking, they ended up very grissini-like. They’re probably a little over-crunchy, but everyone seems to enjoy snacking on them (the recipe made loads, so we could well be eating them for weeks).

May attempt again, let’s hope they’re not cursed.

xxx

Yep, still no internet. This is going to be an interesting weekend.