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Buckwheat Cheese Straws
Photo: Alexander Maasch

Buckwheat Cheese Straws

7 ingredients 60 min + 10 min Makes about 4 dozen straws. openrecipes
Buckwheat Cheese Straws

These cheese straws look like wispy tree branches. Wayne calls them cheese twigs, and they never last very long around here. Crispy, cheddar-flecked, and rustic - it's the buckwheat flour that lends these slender creations their convincing shade of brownish gray.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

674
Calories
20g
Protein
22g
Fat
96g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 10 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Cheddar Cheese 1 oz (28g) 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Buckwheat not in our table 0
Wheat not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 0
Cold Cut not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
  • 8 tablespoons (4 ounces) unsalted butter, cold, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
  • 3/4 cup (2 1/2 ounces) white cheddar, shredded on a box grater
  • 1/2 cup ice cold water

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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