If you don't like sweets, this is not a reason to skip homemade baked goods. Make delicious tortillas, pretzels, biscuits with cheese, cumin, salt, or herbs. Such products can be served as a snack for wine or beer, as well as for tea.
Cookies, shortbreads, breads or muffins with a variety of savory toppings can be cooked in the oven, microwave, or multicooker. Modify ready-made recipes by adding your favorite ingredients - cheese, herbs or spices.
Puff rolls with cheese cream
A very sophisticated baking option - puff pastry rolls filled with delicate cream of cheese and ham. For cooking, use ready-made puff pastry - this will speed up the process.
You will need:
- packaging of puff pastry;
- 1, 5 glasses of milk;
- 1 teaspoon of wheat flour;
- 1 teaspoon of potato starch;
- 250 g of processed hot cheese;
- 200 g butter;
- 100 g lean ham;
- salt;
- freshly ground black pepper;
- 50 g of hard cheese;
- 1 egg.
Defrost the finished puff pastry, roll out and cut into strips 2.5 cm wide. Grease the metal tubes and wrap with strips of dough, overlapping. Cover the surface of the products with a beaten egg and lightly sprinkle with grated cheese. Place the straws on a greased baking sheet.
Preheat oven to 220 ° C and place a baking sheet in it. Bake until golden brown, then lower the oven temperature. Remove the baked straws from the metal molds with a napkin and place them on the board to cool.
Make cheese cream. Mix the starch with flour and pour in 0.5 cups of cold milk, rubbing thoroughly to avoid lumps. Heat the remaining milk in a saucepan and add the flour mixture. Stir constantly, boil it until thick. Remove the saucepan from heat.
Grind the processed cheese and grind with softened butter. Gradually adding the milk mixture, grind the mass until smooth. Chop the ham into small pieces and add to the mixture. Season with salt and pepper, then place in a piping bag and fill into puff tubes.
Instead of a piping bag, you can use a plastic bag with a cut corner.
Spicy cookies
Try this original cookie with mustard powder and crunchy peanut butter. It is served with a cheese plate, served warm or cold.
You will need:
- 190 g wheat flour;
- 0.5 teaspoon of mustard powder;
- 120 g of cheddar cheese (or other hot cheese);
- 60 g butter;
- 190 g of crispy peanut butter;
- 1 egg.
Sift flour into a bowl, add mustard powder and stir. Add butter and chop the mixture into crumbs. Grate the cheese, beat the egg lightly. Place the egg, grated cheese and peanut butter in a bowl and knead the dough. Knead it thoroughly with your hands until it is completely homogeneous and plastic.
Dried herbs or ground peanuts can be added to the dough.
Roll the dough into a layer on a floured board. Use cookie cutters to cut out the cookies and place them on a greased baking sheet. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C, place the cookies in it and bake for 10-15 minutes. Place the items on a wire rack, cool slightly and serve.
