Cheese Straws

Cheese Straws

Like I said I goofed up big time when I forgot what my “Say Cheese” theme was. So here I am the day the post has to go up trying to meet the deadline. Struggling to make my stuff, write, click and all the background stuff we bloggers do.

So today I am making Cheese Straws! Since I had absolutely no planning I had no maida except 25 grms forget the self rising flour. No Cheddar other than the 50 grams the girls had forgotten about thank goodness Apeksha has not bothered to taste Gouda!

Next time I plan to make more, for  these are hardly anything.The girls know I am worked up so they have not come to check out the end product. They will wait, as one of them has said,” Let the camera eat first!”

Cheese Straws

Recipe Source:

Ingredients:

• 25 grams maida
• 25 grams whole wheat flour 
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 25 grams butter, softened
• 50 grams cheddar
• 50 grams Gouda cheese
• Pinch of red chilli powder/cayenne pepper
• Salt and pepper
• Water

Method:

• Preheat oven at 180°C.
• With a whisk mix the flours. I also added the salt, pepper and chilli powder.
• Rub the butter into the flour mixture till it resembles a bread-crumb type mixture.
• Add in the finely-grated cheese.
• Add a tablespoon of water until it comes together as a dough. (I forgot about it so had to knead a lot still my dough was not as smooth as I would have liked it to be).
• I rolled out on a baking tray to about 5mm thick circle.
• Cut into thin strips.
• Bake for 10 minutes or till golden in colour.

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Cheddar and Sage Scones

Cheddar and Sage Scones

First I would like to thank Swathi for giving me this opportunity to suggest bakes here at Baking Partners. 

Lets face it I am safe baker I prefer tried and trusted recipes, and a lazy baker for I hardly open the books I buy for baking (or cooking for that matter) for that matter take up elaborate recipes.

Now at Ahmedabad airport I had picked up The BBC Good Food Issue for two reasons one  it was a vegetarian one  and two there was a Gordon Ramsay recipe featured. Boy was I excited! Hardly sat in the plane and that was the first page I opened, but sadly will never make it as the recipe calls for phyllo sheets , something we do not get here and I have no patience to make  the sheets. So I just kept the magazine on the kitchen side shelf. I did not think I will use the magazine at all.

Then at work I saw Swathi’s message asking me to suggest bakes. I just casually mentioned savoury bakes like tarts, scone I was surprised when Swathi asked to make two.

 I panicked!

 Then I realised that at the back of my mind I had these two interesting recipes that I had noticed in the same magazine.  These scones are very simple and the only complaint against them at home was why only 8 pieces or rather make one more batch !