Parmesan Nibbles Food

EASY PARMESAN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C FanGas 4.
• Rub the butter into the flour, by hand or in a food processor, until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
• Stir in the parmesan, seasoning and cayenne pepper.
• Work the mixture together into a ball and then knead briefly on a work surface lightly dusted with flour until smooth.
• Cut the dough in half, flatten each piece slightly, then roll out thinly between 2 large sheets of cling film.
• Lift off the top piece of cling film and cut into 5cm/2in biscuits.
• Carefully lift them onto a lightly buttered baking sheet, then knead together and re-roll the trimmings to make more biscuits. You should make about 30 biscuits in total.
• Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes until crisp and golden. Leave to cool on the baking sheets. Store in an airtight tin.

PARMESAN NIBBLES

Steps:

• Beat eggs with cream cheese and garlic powder until well combined.
• Trim crusts of bread and divide into 3 equal stacks ( 8 slices each).
• Soak center stack in egg/cream cheese mixture.
• Place soaked slices between 2 plain slices of bread and cut into 8 triangles.
• Dip each triangle into melted butter then in parmesan cheese.
• Place on cookie sheet and freeze. When frozen, you may remove them and store in a zip-loc bag or airtight container.
• Bake frozen at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until lightly browned (you may want to flip them over mid way through baking).
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

QUICK CHEESE STRAWS

Steps:

• heat oven to 220c/fan 200c/gas 7. Unroll a puff pastry, scatter over a couple of handfuls of grated Parmesan, then fold in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll out to the thickness of a £1 coin. Cut into 1cm strips, then twist the strips 3-4 times. Lay on a baking sheet, scatter over more cheese and bake for 12 mins, or until golden. Leave to cool, then keep in an airtight container for up to 2 days. As these cheese straws are very delicate, roll them in kitchen paper before packing into a plastic container.