Cheese and onion straws

Method
Prep:15min  ›  Cook:8min  ›  Extra time:10min  ›  Ready in:33min 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.
2. Sieve the flour, salt and pepper into a bowl. Rub the 40g butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Fry the onion in a small amount of butter in a frying pan.
4. Add the Cheddar cheese and the fried onion into the bowl with the flour mixture. Stir until the ingredients are mixed evenly.
5. Crack the egg into a cup and beat it with a fork. Once beaten, pour in the milk and the mustard and continue to beat until smooth.
6. Transfer just over half of the egg mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Stir with the fork until it starts to form a ball and then use your hands to bring it together into a soft dough.
7. Knead the dough gently for 2 minutes and then using a rolling pin, roll it out until it is 5mm thick. Cut it into your desired size straws and place onto your baking tray.
8. Brush the remaining egg mix over the uncooked straws.
9. Bake them in the oven for about 8 minutes. Remove once starting to brown at the edges. Leave on the baking trays to continue cooking for a further 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, although these taste best eaten warm!