Cheese Sables

These buttery cheese biscuits are excellent eaten on their own or, topped with a mild creamy cheese blended with finely chopped celery, walnuts and apple, they make a great party snack.

Ingredients

Makes 20 biscuits

150g plain flour

150g Parmesan cheese, freshly grated

150g butter

1 egg yolk

Method

Mix the flour and cheese together in a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until evenly mixed. Mix in the egg yolk to form a stiff dough.

Leave the dough to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200C/4ooF/ gas 6

Lightly flour a work surface and roll the dough out to 1/4 in .

Using a 2 1/2 in cutter, cut out into rounds and place on a baking tray.

Bake for 20 minutes until golden and cool on a wire tray.

If not using straight away, store in an air tight container.