How To Make Cheese Sticks

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1/2 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry
• 2 teaspoons olive oil (preferably drained from a tin of anchovies)
• 1 pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1/4 cup shredded sharp white cheddar cheese
• 5 tablespoons freshly shredded parmigiano-reggiano cheese, divided

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• place a sheet of frozen puff pastry dough a floured work surface and allow dough to thaw just until it can be unfolded. unfold dough into a flat sheet; brush top of puff pastry dough with olive oil. season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
• sprinkle white cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese the dough, covering the surface. top with a piece of plastic wrap; press cheese and seasonings firmly into the dough with your fingers or by laying a sheet pan the dough over the plastic and pressing it down.
• remove plastic and use a pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut the dough down the seam lines into thirds; cut each third lengthwise into thirds for a total of 9 breadsticks.
• pick up a dough strip, place it seasoned side down on the work surface, and twist from both ends 8 or 9 times to make a rolled tube of dough with the seasoned side out. place breadsticks prepared baking sheet.
• sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon parmigiano-reggiano cheese over the sticks. roll the sticks lightly to even up their shapes and pick up and press any dropped cheese the surfaces.
• bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes; flip and continue baking until breadsticks are browned and crisp, 10 to 20 more minutes. if you pick up a stick by one end and it droops, bake for several more minutes. cool on a wire rack before serving.