CRUMBLE-TOP CHEESY BITES = Original Recipe

CHEESY BITES = Ingredients:

• 125g cold cubed butter
• 1 generous pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 generous pinch mustard powder
• 75 g cheddar cheese
• 175 g plain flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 50 g blue cheese, such as Stilton

METHOD:

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
2. Whisk together flour, mustard powder, cayenne pepper and salt.
3. Rub together or process the cold butter with the dry ingredients mix until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
4. Grate the blue cheese and cheddar into a bowl and mix gently to combine.
5. Beat an egg in a small bowl and pour half into the cheese mix and press together to form a dough.
6. Line two trays and shape about 40 small balls, slightly flattened into flat cylinder shapes and set aside.

POPPYSEED  BUTTERY CRUMBLE = Ingredients:

• 75 g cold butter (crumble)
• 100g Plain flour
• 2/3 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 2 handful crumbled shortbread biscuits
• 2 Tablespoons Poppyseed

METHOD:

1. Place all the ingredients into a processor and blend until it just begins to resemble mince meat. Otherwise, rub the butter into the flour until it looks like coarse breadcrumbs, and then crumble the shortbread biscuits into the mixture, and stir through the remaining ingredients.
2. Using the left over beaten egg, egg wash the cheesy biscuits, then lightly pack the crumble mixture on top of each biscuit.
3. Bake for 15 minutes, allow to cool slightly before transferring onto wire rack to cool completely.
4. Consume within 2 weeks.