Quick Cheese Straws
Serves 8 15 min prep 10 min cook

Crisp puff-pastry cheese straws with Cheddar and a touch of cayenne for an easy savoury snack.
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
- mature Cheddar, grated
- salt
- cayenne pepper
Method
- Preheat the oven to 220 C.
- Roll the pastry between sheets of baking paper until smooth.
- Remove the top sheet and brush the pastry with beaten egg.
- Transfer the pastry to a baking tray.
- Sprinkle generously with grated Cheddar.
- Cut into diagonal strips and season with salt and cayenne pepper.
- Bake for about 10 minutes until crisp and golden.