Made cheese straws for Christmas Eve. Dead easy, these: don't bother with shop ones. If you know how to make pastry, it's basically that, plus some flavourings, and rolled out thin. If not...
To make enough for a small gathering (about 20 cheese straws, depending on how thinly you roll the dough):
4 oz/100g flour (including some wholemeal is good, but white flour is easier to use)
2oz/50g butter
a few tablespoons milk or water
about a handful of grated hard cheese, any sort
sprinkling of paprika, cayenne, salt, pepper, mixed herbs etc.
half teaspoon mustard powder (optional)
Rub the butter into the flour between finger tips until it looks like breadcrumbs.
Add dry ingredients including cheese; mix up, then gradually stir in just enough water/milk to be able to gather it together with a knife to form a dough.
Roll out thinly on a floured surface, then cut into narrow strips with a knife. Cut to desired length (longer ones are more fragile) and place on a greased baking tray, twisting each strip once.
Bake in a fairly hot oven (gas 6) until they turn golden brown.
Leave on tray to cool slightly before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Great with dips, salsa or just on their own.
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