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Cheese and Chilli Biscuits

Cheese and Chilli Biscuits

Savoury biscuit to serve with drinks
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course: Baking
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 300 g Butter, unsalted I don't always use unsalted, but I will adjust the added salt to reflect that
  • 300 g Plain flour
  • 300 g Mature cheese, finely grated I use a combination of Tasty and Parmesan
  • Salt
  • Cayenne Pepper or Chilli Powder I use about 1/2 tsp for a nice flavour but no heat, but it can be omitted

Method
 

  1. In a food processor blend the butter with the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, or TMX 10 Sec Sp 6
    Flour and Butter for Cheese and Chilli Biscuits
  2. Add cheese, chilli and salt, process until the dough comes together in a ball, or TMX Dough mode approx 1 Min
    Cheese and Chilli Biscuit mixture
  3. Form the dough into logs (2-4) and wrap in cling wrap, rest it in the fridge for 1 hour or so.
    Cheese and Chilli Biscuit mixture
  4. Preheat the oven 200 C
  5. Slice the logs approximately 1 cm thick and place on baking tray lined with baking paper.
  6. Bake 15 minutes until golden brown, allow to cool on the tray for 5 minutes then cool completely on a cooling rack. Store in an airtight container.
    Cheese and Chilli Biscuits

Notes

You can use any hard strong flavoured cheese or a combination (Clean out the fridge of any leftover cheese pieces)
You can roll the dough out and cut into sticks or shapes.