Green olive bread sticks

I love making bread and i hope to make more as Ella gives me more of a chance to do so,  but today i had a go at making Paul Hollywoods Green olive bread sticks, i have his book and i watched how he did it on the master class before i attempted it.

here is the recipe 

500g strong white flour

10g salt

10g yeast

400ml of water

2 tbsp olive oil 

500g of olives but i only had 300g 

use a dough hook in your mixer and mix the flour salt yeast and water together for 5 mins add the olive oil and mix for 2 more mins then add the olives and mix

leave to rise till tripled in size and once risen tip out into a heavy floured top and gently stretch out into a rectangle and cut up into 20-25cm long but 1 olive width strips.  Place on a tray and cover and leave for 30 mins before putting in the oven at 240c for 15 mins 

I have to say i was a little upset on this bake as the all important snap was not there and i think was down to the 30 min rise at the end and the olive impeding the width of the sticks.  But they look identical to the picture and i followed step by step with the book and the tv show as i made them.

 next time i do this recipe i will chop up the olives and make thinner one, but as a bread type they were delicious with a deep dense flavour to them which came from the olives and  the slow prove, and are great as a lunch snack or over a glass of wine.  I did save half of the recipe and made a focaccia which was really scrummy.