Parmesan Biscuits

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 ounces butter (chilled & cubed)
• 4 1/2 ounces flour
• 1 ounce parmesan cheese (freshly grated)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch black pepper (freshly ground)
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350f.
• 2 rub the butter into the flour, by hand or in a food processor, until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
• 3 stir in the parmesan, seasoning and cayenne pepper.
• 4 work the mixture together into a ball and then knead briefly on a work surface lightly dusted with flour until smooth.
• 5 cut the dough in half, flatten each piece slightly, then roll out thinly between 2 large sheets of saran.
• 6 lift off the top piece of saran and cut into 2in biscuits.
• 7 carefully lift them onto a lightly buttered baking sheet, then knead together and re-roll the trimmings to make more biscuits. you should make about 30 biscuits in total.
• 8 bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes until crisp and golden. leave to cool on the baking sheets. store in an airtight container.