International Recipes
Cheese Straw Twists (Diablotins)
Yield: about 48 twists
Ingredients
- 1 (17 1/4 ounce) package frozen puff pastry
- 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
Instructions
- Thaw pastry as directed on package.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Cover two cookie sheets with parchment or heavy brown paper.
- Mix cheese and paprika.
- Roll 1 sheet of pastry into a 10 x 12 inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface, using floured stockinet-covered rolling pin.
- Brush pastry with egg; sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of the cheese mixture. Gently press cheese mixture into pastry. turn pastry over; repeat with egg and cheese mixture.
- Fold pastry lengthwise into halves. Cut pastry crosswise into 1/2 inch strips. Unfold strips; roll each end in opposite directions to twist. Place twists on cookie sheet.
- Bake until twists are puffed and golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes.
- Repeat with remaining sheet of pastry, egg and cheese mixture.