Cheese Crackers (Thermomix)
Deliciously cheesy with a savoury salty hit. Enjoy with a glass of wine or beer or with some cheese and chutney.
Ingredients
- 200 g (7.1 oz) Edam cheese cut in pieces
- 200 g (7.1 oz) plain flour
- 120 g (4.2 oz) unsalted butter chilled, cut in pieces
- 1 egg
- 0.5 to 1 tsp salt to taste
- cumin seeds for sprinkling (optional)
- sesame seeds for sprinkling (optional)
- poppy seeds for sprinkling (optional)
Instructions
- Place the cheese in the mixing bowl and grate for 10 seconds/speed 7.
- Add the flour, butter, egg and salt and mix for 30 seconds/speed 4.
- Remove the dough from the mixing bowl, place it on a long sheet of cling film and shape into a thin log (approx. 40 cm long, diameter 4cm). Wrap the log in the cling film and refrigerate until firm enough to cut in slices (approx. 2 hours).
- Preheat oven to 180C fan. Line a baking tray with baking paper and set aside.
- Cut the dough log in thin slices (3mm thick), place the slices on the prepared baking tray, sprinkle with cumin and/or sesame seeds (if using) and bake for 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool on a wire rack before serving or storing in an airtight container.
Notes
- This cheese cracker recipe can easily be adapted if you want to make less or more crackers.
Cookidoo Tips
- The cheese cracker dough can be prepared a day or two in advance, or frozen for several weeks, and sliced and baked shortly before serving.
- Replace edam cheese with any strong-flavoured hard or semi-hard cheese (eg: cheddar).
- Omit salt in the dough, and sprinkle with coarse salt before baking.
- Instead of 200g of cheese, grate a total of 250g and reserve 50g for sprinkling on the crackers before baking.
- Make cheese straws - instead of shaping the dough into a log for slicing, form into a flattened ball and wrap in cling film. Refrigerate for 1 hour, then roll out the dough (3mm thick) between 2 sheets of baking paper and cut it into strips (approx. 10cm x 1.5cm) with a fluted pastry wheel. Bake as directed in the recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 40kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 53mg | Potassium: 11mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 82IU | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 0.2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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