Delhi Rd Kitchen

Grace’s Cheese Straws

Cooking Steps

1. Rub the flour, margarine and grated cheese together until they resemble fine breadcrumbs.
2. Lightly beat the egg with a fork. Add the salt and chilli, and mix the egg with the dry ingredients to produce a firm dough.  If the dough is too dry and crumbly, add a few drops of water and knead well.
3. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts. Roll the pastry into a square to a thickness of 7mm.  Use very little dusting flour.  Cut the pastry into thin finger cheese straws.  Twist each straw lightly and place on a lightly greased baking tray.  Bake in a hot oven 200C, Gas mark 6 for 10 minutes
4. For a party you can display the cheese straws in a pastry ‘napkin’ ring. To make the pastry ring: Use a large biscuit cutter to cut a large pastry circle.  Next, taking a smaller cutter, cut a smaller circle in the middle of the larger circle to form a ring to display the cheese straws.  Bake the pastry ring with the cheese straws.