I used ready rolled made puff pastry to make these - so easy !
The 'Cheesy Herb Twists' are pictured on the left of the plate (clockwise from top - if you're interested - were cubes of cheddar & mozzarella cheese; marinated sundried tomatoes; biltong (dried beef) and in the blue & white bowl were stuffed/marinated olives
This is a really simple ‘cheats’ way of making a quick and tasty snack which is great served with pre meal drinks. I say ‘cheats’ because I use shop bought puff pastry to make these. This is still somewhat of a novelty for me, as up until a few years ago and the opening of a large South African supermarket in our nearby city, you could not buy puff pastry here – so if you wanted it, you had to make your own which, let’s face it, can be quite a time consuming task !
I used a packet of ‘Cheese & Herb’ puff pastry to make these (it was the first time I’d ever spotted it on our shelves here as we can usually only get the plain type) but you could just as easily add your own dried herbs and finely grated cheese to plain puff pastry, or just sprinkle these on the top before baking -:
Cheats Cheesy Herb Twists
1 x 400 gm packet of ‘Cheese & Herb’ Puff Pastry
¾ cup finely grated Cheddar cheese
Garlic flakes (dried)
Carefully unroll the puff pastry onto a lightly floured surface. Roll lightly to flatten if necessary (it should be a little bit thicker than a piece of cardboard). Sprinkle the cheese & garlic flakes over the surface, and pat down lightly. Cut thin strips around 1 ½ cm in width and 15 cm in length. Twist each strip a few times by holding one end firmly between 2 fingers and twisting the bottom of the strip with your other hand. Place on a lightly greased baking tray and bake at 190’C/375’F/Gas Mark 5 for around 12 minutes until brown. (I turned mine over once during baking so that they could brown on both sides).
I used a packet of ‘Cheese & Herb’ puff pastry to make these (it was the first time I’d ever spotted it on our shelves here as we can usually only get the plain type) but you could just as easily add your own dried herbs and finely grated cheese to plain puff pastry, or just sprinkle these on the top before baking -:
Cheats Cheesy Herb Twists
1 x 400 gm packet of ‘Cheese & Herb’ Puff Pastry
¾ cup finely grated Cheddar cheese
Garlic flakes (dried)
Carefully unroll the puff pastry onto a lightly floured surface. Roll lightly to flatten if necessary (it should be a little bit thicker than a piece of cardboard). Sprinkle the cheese & garlic flakes over the surface, and pat down lightly. Cut thin strips around 1 ½ cm in width and 15 cm in length. Twist each strip a few times by holding one end firmly between 2 fingers and twisting the bottom of the strip with your other hand. Place on a lightly greased baking tray and bake at 190’C/375’F/Gas Mark 5 for around 12 minutes until brown. (I turned mine over once during baking so that they could brown on both sides).
