Ingredients
- 350g Unsalted Butter
- 100g Cheddar Cheese
- 350g Plain Flour
- 120g Water
Cheese Straws
These cheese straws are great for children's parties or picnics. We have used a medium strength cheddar, but you can use any cheddar just remember you may need to adjust the amount of cheese for the perfect flavour.
Tools
- Oven
- Parchment paper
- Plastic wrap
- Rolling pin
- Chef Patissier XL
- Kenwood bowl - chef patissier xl
- Baking tray - large
- Lightly floured surface
Method
- Line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
- Attach Dough Tool
- Add plain flour, unsalted butter and water to the Kenwood Bowl
- Mix with splashguard fitted - 5 min, Speed 2
- Then add cheddar cheese to the Kenwood Bowl
- Mix with splashguard fitted - 1 min, Speed 2
- Transfer pastry to lightly floured surface
- Knead lightly
- Wrap with plastic wrap
- Chill in fridge - 30 min
- Pre-heat oven - 200°C
- Retrieve the chilled dough from the fridge and remove the plastic wrap
- Roll into a rectangle until 2mm thick
- Cut into strips 15 cm long by 3 cm wide
- Twist each of the strips into a spiral
- Transfer pastry to baking tray
- Chill in fridge - 15 min
- Bake until golden brown - 25 min, 200°C
- Serve