Cheese palmiers and straws

Name: Cheese palmiers and straws
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Makes 30 palmiers or 45 cheese straws
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon caster sugar; 40 g (1¼ oz) Parmesan, grated; 1 quantity puff pastry; ¼ teaspoon paprika; 1 egg; 2 egg yolks

Preparation info

Makes
30
palmiers

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

Quiches & Pastries

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

These small savouries are delicious served with a cocktail or to accompany a soup. They can either he made as palmiers or as cheese straws, and flavoured with herbs, sun-dried tomatoes or anchovy.

Ingredients

2 egg yolks
1 egg
¼ teaspoon caster sugar

Method

Beat together the egg yolks, egg, sugar and ¼ teaspoon salt, and strain into a clean bowl.
Grease a large baking tray with melted butter, and refrigerate until needed. In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan, paprika and ¼ teaspoon salt, and season with freshly ground black pepper.
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 20 x 24 cm (8