Light Wholemeal Cheese Straws

Name: Light Wholemeal Cheese Straws
Yield: Serves 20-30
Ingredients: 225 g/8 oz wholemeal flour; 4 level teaspoons baking powder; 4 egg yolks; 3 teaspoons paprika; 350 g/12 oz strong-flavoured cheese, grated; ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 teaspoons caraway seeds; 225 g/8 oz butter

Preparation info

Serves
20-30

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

Cheese straws are universally popular at a party and these are an especially good version. You can vary them by substituting 2 teaspoons of curry powder for the paprika. Conveniently the straws can also be made several days ahead.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz wholemeal flour
4 level teaspoons baking powder

Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl, add the paprika, cayenne pepper and caraway seeds and mix all evenly together. Then stir in the grated cheese. Cut the butter into small pieces and rub it into the flour and cheese mixture with your fingertips. Add the egg yolks and mix with a wooden spoon to a stiff dough.

Preheat the oven to