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Chicago Cheese Straws

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Chicago Cheese Straws

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Roll out the puff pastry very thin.

  2. Sprinkle grated cheese over the pastry.

  3. Fold the pastry, roll it out again, and sprinkle with cheese once more.

  4. Repeat the process and place the pastry in the refrigerator to harden.

  5. Once cold, roll out to an oblong shape, 1/8 inch thick.

  6. Place on a baking sheet and cut into strips, 5 inches long and less than 1/4 inch wide.

  7. Bake until golden and serve piled in triangles or squares.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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