Ingredients
Makes: 18 cheese straws
- 85g unsalted butter
- 125g plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 110g grated Cheddar cheese
- 50g grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:35min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Chop butter into thumb-sized bits. Place butter, flour, salt, cheese and cayenne in food processor. Mix until texture of large crumbs.
- Add milk and mix again until mixture forms a large dough ball
Roll out dough to about 3mm thick. Using a thin knife cut a large square. Cut dough into thin slices about 10mm wide and about 15mm long. If the strips break, just pinch back together.- Lay out strips on ungreased baking tray. You can also twist the strips a few times, but not required.
- Bake about 15 minutes until puffy and slightly browned. Do not over-bake.
- Remove from oven. Sprinkle lightly with a bit more grated Parmesan cheese.
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Reviews & ratings
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(8)
Reviews in English (8)
Great, really easy to make kids loved making and eating them!! - 10 Feb 2014
Really delicious and cheese flavour just right - not too subtle and not too strong. Didn't take 15 mins, 3 or 4 mins less for my oven. Next time might try alternatives to cayenne such as mustard powder or chilli powder. Yumm👍 - 29 Sep 2015
Perfect first time. Put in Manchego instead of Cheddar as I was making 'posh' ones for a wedding. Used paprika instead of cayene as its what I had. And added mustard as seemed important from other reviews. 15min cooking time is spot on. Fabulous taste, really light with perfect texture. Very moorish. Hope I don't eat them myself before the big occasion. - 25 Sep 2015