Cheese Straws

Ingredients

• six ounces of flour
• the yolk of a raw egg
• three heaping tablespoonfuls of any dry rich cheese
• an equal quantity of butter
• half a level teaspoonful of salt
• quarter of a saltspoonful of white pepper
• a dust of cayenne
• a very little grated nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour on a pastry-board, make a hole in the center, and add the other ingredients.

2. 2

   Mix to a smooth paste, roll out, cut into strips, and bake in a moderate oven until slightly hardened but not browned.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Corson's practical American cookery and household management (1885) by Juliet Corson, page 141. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESE STRAWS AND CRUSTS. Cheese crusts and cheese straws make an acceptable accompaniment for any green salad, or for celery. To pre- pare cheese straws, sift six ounces of flour on the pastry- board, make a hole in the centre, into which put the yolk of a raw egg or two tablespoonfuls of cream, three heaping tablespoonfuls of any dry rich cheese, grated, an equal quantity of butter, half a level teaspoonful of salt, quarter of a saltspoonful of white pepper, a dust of cayenne, and a very little grated nutmeg

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