These Cheese & Mustard Straws are great served with sundowners ...These make a great snack, especially when served with drinks (sundowners on the veranda !). You can leave the Paprika out and add mixed dried herbs instead, to make these a child friendly snack which are great for school lunchboxes, too.
In Tanzania, snacks served with drinks before dinner are commonly called “bitings”. I’m not sure where the name originates from, or whether it is just something ‘unique’ to the East African safari industry, but mentioning the word “bitings” always reminds me of camp fires, hyena’s calling and the smell of tent canvas …. funny how certain things can do that !
Cheese & Mustard Straws
1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
1 cup cake Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
pinch of Paprika
1 Egg, beaten
1 tsp Hot English Mustard
2 tbsp Milk
Mix the cheese (reserve a tablespoon or so for garnishing), flour, baking powder, salt & paprika together. Mix the egg, mustard and milk together and then add to the dry ingredients. Blend well, then knead lightly to form a dough.
Roll out (about 3 mm thick) on a floured surface and cut into rectangular strips. Place on a greased baking tray. Brush with some milk, then sprinkle the remaining grated cheese over.
In Tanzania, snacks served with drinks before dinner are commonly called “bitings”. I’m not sure where the name originates from, or whether it is just something ‘unique’ to the East African safari industry, but mentioning the word “bitings” always reminds me of camp fires, hyena’s calling and the smell of tent canvas …. funny how certain things can do that !
Cheese & Mustard Straws
1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
1 cup cake Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
pinch of Paprika
1 Egg, beaten
1 tsp Hot English Mustard
2 tbsp Milk
Mix the cheese (reserve a tablespoon or so for garnishing), flour, baking powder, salt & paprika together. Mix the egg, mustard and milk together and then add to the dry ingredients. Blend well, then knead lightly to form a dough.
Roll out (about 3 mm thick) on a floured surface and cut into rectangular strips. Place on a greased baking tray. Brush with some milk, then sprinkle the remaining grated cheese over.
Bake in a very hot oven at 230’C/450’F/Gas Mark 8 for 10 minutes until golden.
