Cheese Straws
Calories
Ingredients
- 100 g plain flour
- 60 g cold salted butter you can use unsalted type and add pinch of salt to your flour
- 1 teaspoon Dijon or English mustard
- 100 g mature cheddar
- 1 egg beaten
- Parmesan for grating over the biscuits before baking
Instructions
- Sieve flour into the bowl and add cubed, cold butter and mustard.
- Rub in the butter until you reach breadcrumb-like consistency.
- Stir in grated cheese and knead until mixture comes together.
- Cover it in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge for 5 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 180°C and line baking sheet with grease proof paper.
- Roll out the pastry into rectangle shape (approx 32x13cm). It should be approx. 0.5cm thick.
- Cut into straws approx. 2cm wide.
- Brush gently with beaten egg and sprinkle over some grated parmesan.
- Bake for 10-12min until lovely and golden.
- Enjoy!