Name: Halloumi and Za’atar Cheese Straws
Yield: Makes 12–15
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: ½ tbsp salt; 1 tbsp sumac; 150 g cold unsalted butter; 1 egg, lightly beaten; or 4 tbsp shop-bought za’atar; 100 g Cheddar; ½ tbsp cumin powder; 280 g bread flour; 30 g Parmesan; 1 tbsp sesame; ½ tbsp dried thyme; ½ tbsp coriander seeds, crushed; ½ tsp salt

Preparation info

Makes
12–15

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brunch with Brother Marcus

By Tasos Gaitanos and Alex Large

Published 2023

About

Puff pastry can be a faff to make so if you want to skip to the good bit, just use shop-bought. However, this rough puff recipe is an easy way to make it in a food processor without having to worry too much about laminating butter and dough. You can use shop-bought za’atar but it tastes so much better if you make your own.

Ingredients

For the Filling:

50 g halloumi
100 g Cheddar
30 g

Method

The night before, take your halloumi out of the packaging and put it on a plate in the fridge overnight to dry out. This will make it easier to grate.

To make the rough puff pastry, put the flour and salt in a food processor. Take your cold butter and cut it into 2cm cubes. Add half of these to the flour and pulse five times, then add the rest of your butter and pulse another five times

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