A brilliant recipe for using up leftover bits of cheese, add a little blue cheese if available. Any bits of leftover cheese, eg, Cheddar, Parmesan, Gruyére, Coolea, Cashel Blue. A little soft cheese may also be added but you will need some hard cheese to balance the flavour.
Ingredients
- leftover cheese
- sesame seeds
Method
- Weigh cheese then use equal amounts of butter and plain white flour.
- Grate the cheese - rinds and all. Dice the butter. Cream the butter and stir in the flour and grated cheese, form into a roll like a long sausage, about 4cm (1½ inches) thick.
- Roll in sesame seeds to coat the exterior.
- Alternatively whizz in a food processor until it forms a dough, shape using a little flour if necessary. Chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours until solid.
- Slice into rounds - about 7mm (1/3 inch) thick. Arrange on a baking tray. Cook in a preheated oven 250ºC/475ºF/regulo 9 for approximately 5 minutes until golden brown.
- Leave to cool for a couple of seconds then transfer to a wire rack. Best eaten warm on the day they are made as they soften quite quickly.
