1 tablespoon freshly chopped herbs such as chive, tarragon or rosemary
2 cups hard cheese, grated
8 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon tomato paste
6 tablespoons 35% cream
additional flour for pastry board
Takes ,
serves 48.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place flour, salt, cayenne pepper, herbs and cheese in a food processor fitted with a hook attachment. Pulse until cheese is coated with flour.
Add the butter and tomato paste and pulse until it has the consistency of small pea-sized crumbs. Add the cream and pulse until the dough forms.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to a ½-inch thickness. Trim edges of dough to create a rectangle.
Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into long strips, and transfer onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and allow to cool a bit before serving.
Spicy Cheese Sticks
Ingredients
1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon freshly chopped herbs such as chive, tarragon or rosemary
2 cups hard cheese, grated
8 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon tomato paste
6 tablespoons 35% cream
additional flour for pastry board
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place flour, salt, cayenne pepper, herbs and cheese in a food processor fitted with a hook attachment. Pulse until cheese is coated with flour.
Add the butter and tomato paste and pulse until it has the consistency of small pea-sized crumbs. Add the cream and pulse until the dough forms.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to a ½-inch thickness. Trim edges of dough to create a rectangle.
Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into long strips, and transfer onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and allow to cool a bit before serving.
Spicy Cheese Sticks
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Flaky, buttery cheese sticks flavoured with hard cheese, fresh herbs, tomato, butter and spices…
Need a fabulous party snack? These SPICY CHEESE STICKS are the best!
Before we go through suggestions on how to make these SPICY CHEESE STICKS, let me just say this: double the recipe. Because they’re so tasty and are always consumed at lightning speed, it’s best to keep that second batch on hand so you can roll, cut and bake them at a moment’s notice. Yes, friends, they’re that good!
People often ask for my suggestions on what to serve at cocktail parties, and this recipe always comes to mind. I love serving something that checks off many boxes.
Here’s what SPICY CHEESE STICKS provide:
IT’S NOT COMPLICATED
The ingredients needed to pull together this cheese stick dough are both readily available and super easy to prep.
You’ll need to grate cheese, chop chives and open a can of tomato paste. Yup, simple ingredients can produce stellar results!
FRESHLY BAKED GOODNESS
I like cutting the sticks out in advance and setting them aside on a baking tray. Once guests arrive, I pop them in the oven, and within minutes I have a warm and tasty hors d’oeuvre ready to offer.
I better mention too that they give off an awesome cheesy, butter-baked aroma too.
SIMPLE SERVICE
There’s no need to worry about plates or cutlery with these three-bite beauties; a simple cocktail napkin is all you need. People devour them within seconds – no fuss, no muss.
COCKTAILS ANYONE?
These buttery cheese sticks are the perfect munchies to serve with cocktails, and I often fill a glass with them and place it right on the beverage station.
CHANGE IS GOOD
December 2019 update! We’ve been playing around with this recipe a bit lately and have made one key change not mentioned in the attached video: chill your dough! We’ve discovered that making and then chilling the dough for at least an hour produces crispy cheese sticks that hold shape.
We also discovered one additional thing: these sticks are absolutely sensation when made with Manchego cheese and, shaped in circles. That said, we suggest you experiment with different cheeses and herbs each time you make them. Just share your discoveries in the comment section at the bottom of the post. Thanks!
1 tablespoon freshly chopped herbs such as chive, tarragon or rosemary
2 cups hard cheese, grated
8 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon tomato paste
6 tablespoons 35% cream
additional flour for pastry board
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place flour, salt, cayenne pepper, herbs and cheese in a food processor fitted with a hook attachment. Pulse until cheese is coated with flour.
Add the butter and tomato paste and pulse until it has the consistency of small pea-sized crumbs. Add the cream and pulse until the dough forms.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to a ½-inch thickness. Trim edges of dough to create a rectangle.
Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into long strips, and transfer onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and allow to cool a bit before serving.
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