Josceline Dimbleby

Delicious Spiced Cheese Straws

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Taste of Dreams
A Taste of Dreams

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1976

  • About

These are just very light, especially good cheese straws and the nutty taste of the wholemeal flour plus the spices makes them rather unusual.

Ingredients

  • 6 oz grated cheese (175 g)
  • 4 oz plain wholemeal flour

Method

Pre-heat oven to Gas 7 (425°F/220°C). Put the grated cheese into a mixing bowl. Weigh out the flour and sieve it with the baking powder and spice into the cheese. Cut the butter into small pieces and rub into the flour and cheese with your fingers. Add the egg yolks and mix with a wood