Cheese Straws

Name: Cheese Straws
Yield: Makes 40
Ingredients: ¼ cup cold water; 2 egg yolks, beaten; 1 tablespoon finely chopped pimiento pepper; 2 cups grated extra-sharp Cheddar cheese; ½ cup (1 stick) butter, cut into pieces; ¾ teaspoon dry ground mustard; ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper powder; ½ teaspoon coarse salt; 2¼ cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes
40

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sweet Hands

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

About

Cheese straws are made from short pastry sprinkled with cheddar cheese and twisted into something akin to a bread stick. While the Guyanese are most noted for their skill with baking in general and items like cheese straws in particular, they are made in Trinidad as well.

Ingredients

2¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon coarse salt
½ teaspoon

Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, cayenne pepper powder, and ground mustard. Add the butter pieces and using a pastry cutter or fork, rub the butter into the flour until the mixture forms small “peas.” (Alternati