Blue cheese and pink peppercorn straws recipe

Xanthe Clay
·2 min read
Blue cheese and pink peppercorn straws recipe - Telegraph
Blue cheese and pink peppercorn straws recipe - Telegraph

I love these ultra-light cheese straws and they're easy to make, too. Use your fingers to rub the pastry ingredients together and a grater to incorporate the chilled butter and cheese in the simplest way. Brushing the pastry with egg white halfway through the cooking time makes them a little less fragile, but you can leave this step out if you like.

Timings

Prep time: 20 minutes, plus chilling time

Cook time: 20 minutes

Makes

30

Ingredients

  • 100g plain flour

  • Pinch of chilli flakes

  • 60g cold butter

  • 80g stilton

  • 1 tbsp pink peppercorns

  • 1 egg

Method

  1. Mix the flour and chilli flakes together in a bowl. Grate in the butter (use the coarse side of a box grater) and mix it with the flour, rubbing in just very lightly. It will still be lumpy – that’s what you want. Grate in the stilton.

  2. Take half a tablespoonful of the pink peppercorns and roughly chop them or bash them with a pestle and mortar. Add to the bowl and mix everything through with your fingers. Separate the egg and add the yolk to the bowl, using a knife to mix it through. Reserve the egg white.

  3. Turn the lumpy, crumbly mixture onto a baking sheet lined with a large sheet of baking parchment. Bring it together into a mound and, with some baking parchment placed on top of it as it will be a bit sticky, press, shape and roll the dough into an oblong roughly about 30 x 13cm, and ½cm deep.

  4. If you’ve got time, fold the paper over the dough and chill it for at least an hour or up to a day (you can also freeze the dough for up to two months, well wrapped).

  5. Cut the chilled dough, still on the baking parchment, into 30 straws about 1cm wide. Spread out on the baking sheet.

  6. Bake at 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4 for 10 minutes. At this point you can whisk the egg white with a pinch of salt and lightly brush the straws with it, sprinkling on some more crushed pink peppercorns if you like. Bake for a further 10 minutes, until lightly coloured or to a darkness you like.

  7. Allow to cool for five minutes on the tray before carefully transferring to a rack to finish cooling. Store in an airtight box for up to two days.

  • Up next
  • Up next
  • Up next
  • Up next

Latest Stories

  • How many asylum seekers the UK has taken in, explained

    Rishi Sunak has vowed to cut net migration and to put a stop to small boat crossings across the Channel - but how many people are actually entering the UK?

  • UPDATE 1-California, 21 other states back EPA vehicle emissions rules

    A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful. The lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenges the 2027-2032 model year EPA vehicle emissions rules that aim to cut fleetwide tailpipe emissions for cars and light trucks by nearly 50% over 2026 levels in 2032. California, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other states sought to intervene by filing a motion in the lawsuit saying they could be harmed if the EPA did not require future reductions in harmful vehicle emissions.

  • Jeep maker Stellantis to lay off an unspecified number of factory workers in the coming months

    Jeep maker Stellantis is planning to lay off an unspecified number of workers at its U.S. factories in the coming months to deal with a rapidly changing global auto market, the company said Tuesday. The statement comes as the company faces increased capital spending to make the transition from gasoline vehicles to electric autos. It also has reported declining U.S. sales in the first quarter, and it has higher costs due to a new contract agreement reached last year with the United Auto Workers union.

  • Exclusive-EU concerned about KKR, Telecom Italia deal impact on wholesale competition, sources say

    European Union antitrust regulators are asking rivals and customers whether proposed acquisition of Telecom Italia's (TIM) fixed-line access network by U.S. investment firm KKR could hamper Italy's wholesale market, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Such regulatory worries could lead to a lengthy investigation of the deal and put pressure on KKR to offer significant remedies. KKR is buying TIM's domestic network for up to 22 billion euros ($23.5 billion) in a deal that would make the Italian telecoms group the first in a major European country to divest its landline grid.

  • New Fort Worth building rules allow developers to get high on Panther Island

    The city council voted unanimously Tuesday to loosen restrictions on building height.

  • Snow White Has Not Been Banned from Disney Parks Despite Rumor — Here's What Really Happened

    A false rumor circulating that the princess has been removed from the parks seems to have originated with an article about one cast member's alleged firing

  • Analysis-UK stocks may finally be back in fashion

    London's FTSE-100 hit a record high on Tuesday, raising hopes that Britain's stock market might finally be shaking off years of underperformance as investors look for bargains and UK growth picks up. Months after rival indexes across the world started chalking up records, Britain's benchmark stock index touched a new peak of 8,076.52, surpassing its previous high from February 2023. The new peak brings this year's gains for the FTSE 100 to 4% - still behind the 6% rise in the pan-European STOXX 600, as well as France's CAC 40 and Germany's DAX, which are up 7.5% and 7.8% respectively.

  • Famed HBCU coach, architect of the ‘Satellite Express’ that launched Jerry Rice, has died

    He coached Jerry Rice at Mississippi Valley State and lived in Fort Worth later in life.

  • Arsenal vs Chelsea LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

    Victory will take the Gunners three points clear at the top

  • Jasmine George receives major scholarship

    Jasmine George has 30,000 reasons to smile these days. The Bellegarde-area teen recently learned she is the recipient of a Chancellor’s Scholarship through the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. “It was a huge surprise,” George recalled. “I went on a tour of the university a few weeks ago, and at the end of the tour, they pulled me aside and said, ‘we have something to give you.’ I thought at first that they were talking about a different scholarship that I had been offered.” George had al

  • Columbia University extends remote learning amid Gaza war protests

    The hybrid learning comes amid reports of antisemitic harassment around Columbia University.

  • Six arrests made as St George’s Day event held in Whitehall

    Four arrests were made outside a pub in Whitehall – one on suspicion of assault and three on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, police said.

  • Tesla, Visa, Mattel report earnings: Yahoo Finance

    The earnings avalanche continues after the market close, with Tesla (TSLA), Visa (V), and Mattel (MAT) all issuing their quarterly reports. Investors are keeping a close eye on Tesla, in particular. The EV maker has seen its stock slide 40% so far this year, with disappointing Q1 deliveries and price cuts taking a toll on the shares. For Mattel and Visa, Wall Street will be looking for signs that consumers may be starting to pull back on spending. Other trending tickers on Yahoo Finance include Spotify (SPOT), General Electric (GE), and JetBlue Airways (JBLU). Top guests today include: 3:05 p.m. ET - Phil Blancato, Osaic Chief Market Strategist & Ladenburg Asset Management CEO 3:35 p.m. ET - Veronica Clark, Citi Economist 4:10 p.m. ET - Craig Irwin, Roth MKM Senior Research Analyst 4:35 p.m. ET - Dave Liniger, RE/MAX co-founder

  • TransDigm, IBD Stock Of The Day, Nears Buy Point As GE Aerospace Flies

    Stock Of The Day TransDigm neared a buy point as GE Aerospace soared on earnings. Both companies rely on aftermarket sales, booming amid Boeing woes.

  • Braverman dropping Windrush measures was unlawful, court told

    Then home secretary’s decision in January 2023 to drop pledges was discriminatory, high court hears

  • This $14 compact and collapsible water bottle is 'awesome' for travelling

    Amazon reviewers say this collapsible water bottle is great for travelling, hiking and more.

  • Shogun: A guide to the hit Japanese samurai epic as its finale cuts deep

    A quick guide as the razor-sharp, critically-acclaimed samurai epic reaches its finale.

  • Green calls for Biden ‘emergency’ wartime climate powers are truly scary

    When media reports about the White House considering having President Biden declare a “climate emergency” rose in the summer of 2022, White House officials claimed the administration has always treated the climate as an emergency, citing the just-passed Inflation Reduction Act as proof.

  • Judge reprimands Trump lawyer but holds off on gag order ruling

    Juan Merchan reserves judgment on prosecutors’ request for maximum fine but tells Todd Blanche ‘you’re losing all credibility’

  • Bears GM Ryan Poles doesn’t feel need to add more draft picks

    GM Ryan Poles believes the Bears are in a great position with their current four draft picks.