Cheese straws
Simple, sounds boring, but so very very tasty.

100g flour
50g grated parmesan
100g of strong grated chedder
150g of butter
1 egg
Pepper and whatever else you want to use ot season - I use roasted garlic cubes, roasted onion bits and chilli flakes

Preheat oven to 220C
Place flour, cheese (leaving a little aside as topping) and seasonings in a bowl and cut the butter in to little cubes. Rub the butter in to the mixture until there are no large lumps, and add the egg yolk (keep the white seperate for later). Stir in the yolk to form a dough.

Spread the worksurface with flour and roll out the dough, keeping it as square as possible, until it is about 5mm thick. Cut in to strips or little pieces, depending how you feel. Brush the tops with egg white then sprinkle the extra cheese on top. Transfer to baking tray, bake for 8 mins (check after 5 or so though, just to make sure). Be very careful when moving them off the tray to cooling racks, they are still very very crumbly. Try not to eat too many immediatly as they really are the best when hot.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 20:57, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Oh, I miss strong cheddar.
Haven't had it for ages. These sound lully.
( Maladicta, Tue 21 Jul 2009, 21:02, Reply)