Rioutes with Anise Seeds

Rioutes with Anise Seeds

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Rioutes are ring-shaped dry biscuits from Savoie, flavored with anise: the dough is first blanched in water, then slowly dried in the oven.

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The rioute is a traditional dry biscuit from Savoie. Its dough, similar to bread dough, is flavored with anise, shaped into a ring, then blanched and dried in the oven.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodoven
  • Estimated cost$1.68 $0.14 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.

Ingredients

12 servings
  • $0.40
  • $0.51
  • $0.42
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. In a bowl, combine the flour, salt, pepper, and ground anise. ≈ 3 min
  2. Add a glass and a half of water and knead until you have a ball of dough. ≈ 10 min
  3. Divide the dough into 12 pieces. Roll each into a ball the size of an egg, then stretch it into a rope as thick as your pinky finger. Close it into a ring by pinching the ends together. ≈ 10 min
  4. Bring salted water to a boil and drop the rings in for 10 minutes. Drain them well, then dry them on a kitchen towel.
  5. Preheat the oven to 90 °C (about 195 °F).
  6. Place the rioutes on a baking sheet. Beat the egg with a little milk and brush it over them. ≈ 4 min
  7. Bake for at least an hour to dry them out.
  8. Take them out of the oven and sprinkle with anise seeds.

The bill

Rioutes with Anise Seeds

  • 300 g flour$0.40
  • 2 tsp anise or dill seeds$0.51
  • pepper$0.42
  • 1 egg$0.35

Total$1.68

that's $0.14 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g flour
  • 2 tsp ground anise
  • 2 tsp anise or dill seeds
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 150 ml water

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