Rusks: the ancient recipe for making them at home

RUSKS RECIPE

They are one of the great classics of the Breakfast of Italians. Delicious with the jam, excellent dipped in milk and very tasty covered with lots of hazelnut cream homemade, the rusks They are also a healthy and nutritious food to start your day off on the right foot.

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HOMEMADE RUSKS RECIPE

Did you know that making them at home, with simple and healthy ingredients, is easy? Get a mold to plumcake because we explain to you how prepare lots of delicious homemade rusks:

Ingredients

• 150 00 grams of flour
• 350 g of Manitoba flour
• 120 ml of milk
• 150 g butter
• 15 g of fresh brewer's yeast and 4 g of dried yeast
• 2 medium eggs
• 25 grams of sugar
• 50 ml of water
• A pinch of salt

Preparation

- Sift the flours, dissolve the yeast in the warm water and then pour it into the flour bowl. Add the two eggs, the sugar and the milk and knead until the ingredients are well combined. You can also use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment.

- Add the salt and room-temperature butter, one piece at a time, and continue kneading. If using a stand mixer, replace the paddle attachment with the dough hook. Once the dough is smooth and compact, shape it into a ball, place it in a bowl covered with plastic wrap, and let it rest in the turned-off oven for about half an hour.

- After this time, place the dough in a plumcake mould lined with baking paperLet it rise again in the oven with the light on until the dough reaches the edge of the loaf pan.

- Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for about 40-50 minutes. After this time, let cool and then cut into thick slices. Place them on a baking sheet and bake at about 150°C (300°F) until golden brown.

- Store the rusks in a tin box.

THE MOST ELEGANT AND PRACTICAL COOKIE TINS

Rusks should be stored in special containers. The most beautiful and elegant, as well as very practical, are tin boxes. Gentlemen, a company founded 130 years ago and leader in Italy in the production of rusks, Osvego biscuits (of English origin) and Novellini (a mixture of milk and honey).

Gentilini biscuit tins have a highly original trademark, with retro graphics, starting with some of Rome's famous monuments, and a vintage look that makes them instantly recognizable.

In general, cookie jars allow you to avoid wasting rusksThey protect from moisture, keep the cookies fragrant, and are easy to store. And once emptied, they can be recycled to hold any type of object.

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