These easy Blacksticks Blue cheese straws are what your tastebuds have been waiting for!
Puff pastry twisted with our brilliant Blacksticks Blue cheese, baked to crispy, golden perfection – they make the perfect munchable snack to go with drinks or to share.
We would like to warn you in advance that these never last long with your fellow cheese lovers because everyone loves their tantalising taste. The best part about this recipe is that it’s quick and easy. It’s a low-ingredient, highly convenient recipe that gives you the very best cheese straws in just over 20 minutes - as long as you can wait for them to cool down. As it’s an easily repeatable recipe, we recommend you make a few batches so you can stash some away for yourself!
Ingredients:
- A roll of Puff Pastry (you can of course make your own puff pastry, but it's not the easiest, so to make this easy peasy we are using shop bought sheets)
- Blacksticks Blue (crumbled or grated - you choose or try a little of each)
- Flour (a little for dusting)
- A sheet of baking parchment or a greased baking tray
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan.
Line your baking tray with baking parchment or lightly grease the tray
Lightly dust a clean, flat surface with flour.
Lay out your sheets of puff pastry and cut into strips approx. 2cm wide. You can do this by simply running a knife along the pastry - they don’t have to be perfect.
Crumble or grate the cheese - you can try mixing some of our other cheeses for different flavours - but we think Blacksticks Blue works brilliantly. Sprinkle the cheese over the top of each ‘slice’.
Then lift one end of the straw and turn it over quickly to keep the cheese inside - do a couple of twists until half of the straw is twisted, and then twist the other end of the straw.
Do this with each straw and sprinkle with the leftover cheese. Not too much though, as you don’t want to overload them or they won’t be crispy.
Place all the straws on the prepared baking tray and cook in the oven for about 10 mins or until golden.
Remove from the oven and transfer them to a cooling rack so they are not molten hot!
Serving your cheese straws
These Blacksticks Blue cheese straws are the perfect accompaniment as a side to so many occasions, including drinks, games and movie nights, barbecues, dinner parties and so much more. You could even add them into the mix when indulging in one of our cheeseboards!
The only challenge is not to eat them all before they are completely cool!