Description
Delightful puff pastry cheese straws combine flaky pastry with sharp cheddar for an irresistible appetizer. Crisp, cheesy, and perfect for entertaining, these elegant twists will impress guests with minimal effort.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 sheets store-bought puff pastry, thawed
- 1.5 cups / 355 ml grated mixed hard cheese (Parmesan, Pecorino Romano, or aged cheddar)
Instructions
- Preparation: Calibrate oven to 375°F, positioning rack centrally. Line baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats.
- Cheese Layering: Distribute grated cheese across work surface, unfurl puff pastry atop, ensuring complete cheese coverage. Utilize rolling pin to embed cheese and thin dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Dough Consolidation: Fold pastry to create cheese-dough layers, re-roll maintaining consistent thickness.
- Pastry Cutting: Slice pastry into uniform strips using sharp knife or pizza cutter, selecting 10-inch or 6-8-inch lengths based on desired straw size.
- Shaping and Chilling: Transfer strips to prepared sheets, leaving expansion room. Gently twist strips by rotating ends in opposite directions. Refrigerate 10-60 minutes to stabilize shape.
- Baking: Roast in preheated oven until straws transform into puffy, crisp golden delicacies. Monitor shorter strips around 15 minutes, longer strips near 20 minutes.
- Cooling and Serving: Rest straws briefly on baking sheet, then transfer to wire rack. Repeat process with remaining pastry batch.
Notes
- Chill Before Baking: Refrigerate pastry strips for 10-60 minutes to maintain their twisted shape and prevent unraveling during baking.
- Cheese Coverage Technique: Evenly scatter and press cheese onto pastry surface using a rolling pin to ensure consistent flavor and adherence.
- Precise Cutting Strategy: Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to create uniform 1-inch wide strips for professional-looking, consistent cheese straws.
- Watch Baking Time Carefully: Monitor baking duration based on strip length – shorter strips around 15 minutes, longer strips near 20 minutes to achieve perfect golden crispness.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 134
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg