Cheese Sablés

Name: Cheese Sablés
Yield: Makes About 60
Ingredients: celery or whole cumin seeds; celery or whole cumin seeds; 1 egg, beaten; 2 tablespoons cold water; ½ teaspoon salt; 150 g/5 oz butter; 150 g/5 oz flour; 150 g/5 oz Cheddar cheese, grated; 1 pinch of cayenne pepper

Preparation info

Makes About
60

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Carved Angel Cookery Book

By Joyce Molyneux

Published 1990

About

Use a mature, well-flavoured Cheddar, or a mixture of Cheddar and Parmesan, for these flaky cheese biscuits. Watch them carefully as they cook, since they turn very quickly from golden- to burned-brown!

Ingredients

150 g/5 oz butter
150 g/5

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Rub the butter into the flour in a bowl until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the grated cheese and seasonings. Add the cold water to form a soft dough. Chill for 30 minutes. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 6 mm/¼