Pete: “What are you making?”
Me: “Three cheese biscuits for my husband..”
Pete: “Wow. You must be pretty keen on him!”
Turns out I’m pretty keen on both him and these biscuits (cookies), because I scoffed three of them off the tray before they’d had a chance to cool. They’re dead easy to make, and a riff on an old Dan Lepard recipe, adapted to use up the cheeses I had in the fridge. Making them in the food processor results (I think) in a smoother dough.
- 175g plain (AP) flour
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- half a dozen grinder twists of black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon Kashmiri chilli pepper
- 125g unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 100g Red Leicester cheese, grated
- 50g Manchego cheese, grated
- 50g Parmesan cheese, grated
In the large bowl of the food processor, pulse together all the ingredients excluding the cheeses until the mixture has a crumbly texture and the butter is incorporated. Add the cheeses and pulse until the mix gathers together into a ball.
Tip the dough onto a sheet of clingfilm and shape it into a log (about 4cm thick). Wrap it up and pop it in the fridge for at least an hour.
Preheat the oven to 180C or 160C with fan. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Remove the dough log from the fridge and unwrap it, then slice it into 0.75cm thick discs. Lay the biscuits on the lined tray and bake for 20 minutes.
Try not to eat them all before they’ve had a chance to cool on a wire rack!
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Oh, my…. these are calling my name…. calling my name real loud!
awesome, Celia!
(by the way, would you believe I am getting a “in my kitchen” post assembled? After 18 years and 3 months? (it seems so….. ;-)
Sally! That’s fabulous, can’t wait to see your new kitchen! :)
Oh boy, am I ever bookmarking this to make as soon as my oven is functional!! Yummy!
Misky, they’re ludicrously addictive, be warned. They seem to be just the right amount of crumbly, salty, fatty moreishness.. :)
I should have my oven fully functional sometime next week, so I’ll be baking up a storm!
lovely and yummy looking
Thanks Linda! :)
My Pete would also love these. I reckon he would be keen for me to make them.
:-) Mandy xo
Hehehe…if you make them, Mandy, he might think you’re keen on him.. ;-)
Yummy, these sound great Celia, as does your Pete!
He’s such a hoot, Lizzy. Can’t wait to introduce you to him one of these days! :)
Yum! Cheese and a grind of pepper – sounds delicious :)
Thank you! The chilli is quite noticeable too!
Mmm- love savories- I’d call these crackers- or maybe really biscuits- they look and sound delicious. I’d love them for lunch with a soup or salad.
Heidi, they’re not crisp like what we know as a cracker – more crumbly from all the cheese. Eating them for lunch would have been sensible rather than hoovering them all up over the course of the day and THEN having lunch and dinner! :)
I love them so much! I love the combo of Manchego with Permsean & to add that lovely red Leicester cheese is a bonus too! All spiced up too, I love it! x
Sophie, thank you! I’ve tried making cheese biscuits with spelt flour as well, and they were delicious!
Good to hear that!
These sounds delicious!! I am sure my Chris will loooove these as he loves cheese (and biscuits)!
Thanks Zirkie! They are very moreish, be warned! :)
These look like the kind of biscuits that need to be made in double quantities! I shall try them tomorrow when my son is out with a friend so that I at least get one or two! Thank you so much for the recipe! E x
Elizabeth, hope you enjoy them! I think you could use pretty much any hard cheese.. x
These so appeal to me. I have a cheese tooth rather than a sweet tooth! It may just persuade get the blender out :)
ED, I’m much more a savoury girl than a sweet one too! I was thinking the bikkies might be nice with a little blue cheese in them too. Don’t think it will work in a blender, you might need the food processor, or you can make them by hand! (See the link to Dan’s instructions) xx
You make everything seems so easy. Those biscuits sure look delicious and I love the color.
Norma, thank you, these really ARE easy! It helps to have a large food processor though! :)
your cheese biscuits sound similar ones i used to make for a cafe many years ago..he cancelled his order because he confessed to having eaten a $70 delivery all by himself one afternoon!
Jane, I laughed and laughed at this, thank you! I can imagine eating the whole tray myself as well! :)
Oh it must be love indeed Celia! I have some smoked cheese in the fridge that needs to be used and I think you just gave me it’s next reincarnation of yumminess :)
Becca, I reckon these would work well ok with your GF flours – maybe even the chestnut flour! Smoked cheese would be a divine addition!
I’m crazy for cheese biscuits-even more so than sweet biscuits which I have a limit on but cheese, no way! :)
Lorraine, I can’t make them too often, as I really can polish off an entire tray on my own. They’re dangerous! :)
My mum always asks me to make her things like this and I always forget (I have a sweet mind!) but I will most definitely be making these. I guess you could freeze the logs too? They’d be great for last minute nibbles.
Are they something you’d use for dip or just on their own?
Claire, I’ve never tried freezing the logs, but I can’t see why you couldn’t! I think they’re an eat on their own cookie – they’re not very hard or cracker like, but rather crumbly and shortbready..
Sometimes even just your photos look scoffable Celia. Having a log of this dough in the freezer, if that works, would be really handy and make me appear to be super woman which, just between you and me, I quite fancy. PS: can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying my bread making – each time it seems like a little bit of magic.
Darling, you ARE a superwoman. I’m so chuffed that you’re enjoying Patsy! :)
You and Pete are a gorgeous couple. I love how these biscuits have not one, not two but three cheeses – oh the flavour. There’s always something wonderful going on in your kitchen (and in your backyard) xx
Thanks Charlie! Pete was pretty pleased with these, and I got to use up leftovers in the fridge! Hope to catch up soon! xx
Those would not last very long in our house :)
Tandy, they didn’t last very long here either.. ;-)
I love the idea of these. I have a few odds and ends of cheese that need using up. I see a batch of these in my near future. Thanks.
Tania, it’s a good way to use up leftover cheese, as is this.. :)
https://figjamandlimecordial.com/2010/04/19/fromage-fort/
i love cheese and I’m on a bit of a cracker kick at the moment. These look a winner! I think they’ll be for special occasions because of the % of fat. If I make them I might just eat the whole batch!
Liz, it’s really REALLY hard to eat just one of these. I started with..”I’d better taste them and see how they turned out..” and ate three before I’d spatula’d them onto the wire rack.. :)
Gawd, these look all golden and cheesey and GREAT! I love home made cheese biscuits and they’re just too easy in the processor. No. Really. Too easy – to make & to eat.
They’re quite 70s in colour, don’t you think? They remind me of orange and brown curtains and fondues. :) You’re right though..too easy to eat!
Do these ever sound good, Celia! It’s the mix of cheeses with pepper that I’m sure to love. And you put them in biscuit (aka cookie) form! Brava!
John, thank you – the pepper AND the chilli – the spiciness seems to cut through the cheesiness a bit.. :)
Ooh they look good. I’ve made a similar biscuit to serve with baked ricotta. Glad to hear the arrowroot is going well. I’m about to chop mine back to let some light into the chook pen.
Jo, we tried eating the root of the arrowroot recently. It didn’t go well. :) Which is a shame, as it grows brilliantly! We’re thinking of growing it as a shade plant…
Manchego – how dreamy and delicious, a favourite of mine eaten with a teeny bit of honey or quince jam……… just a suggestion ;)
Claire, I adore manchego in migas..
https://figjamandlimecordial.com/2010/04/09/migas/
thanks for the link – it’s now saved – I’ve made a similar dish before now for a brunch, but I’m LOVING the addition of the Manchego :) Thank you celia, hope you have a super weekend
I know what I’m making tonight! Hugs, Maz.
PS the first artichoke is coming in. Can’t wait!
Enjoy Maz! Artichokes already! :) xx
They are still really tiny, about the size of golf balls. I had some deep fried artichoke hearts at a restaurant in Palm Springs that were sooooo good that I want to try to make them at home. So “Grow faster plants!” :-)
Hi Celia, these biscuits look so delicious, thank you for sharing the recipe. You’ve made a lot of cheese fans very happy! Apologies for the stupid question, but what temp would you recommend for a non-fan oven? Many thanks.
180C – thanks Danielle, I’ve amended the post! :)
Thanks Celia!
Oh dear, it looks like I’m a goner again. Celia, is your middle name Gunnagoneryou?
Rose, I don’t know that I’ll be able to make them again any time soon. They were just a bit too addictive!
Pete’s hilarious! And you’re awesome.. what a pair you two are:) I would be devouring these.. if I wasn’t on this silly cleanse right now. “Willpower, Smidge, Willpower..” “But they look so good, what would one little nibble do?” AAaarghh!!
It’s the first nibble Barb, that sucks you in. Hope you’re surviving the detox!
I made American biscuits and sausage (normally breakfast food) for dinner tonight. Not the same sort of biscuits. :) Yours look so good!
Your biscuits are what we call scones, aren’t they? I always marvel at the language differences! :) Thank you!
ooh I do love a good savoury biscuit or cookie, and these ones look fantastic!
Thanks Lisa! They were a doddle to make too!
i have none of these cheeses in the house, oh woe is me, will have to rectify immediately, goes back up page to study recipe again xx
Darling, you could, of course, sub any cheese you wish! Although the red Leicester does add a really interesting colour! xx
Yum Celia! My boys would eat these with much gusto.
Brydie, between Pete and I, the boys barely got a look in with these.. :)
Oh my. Oh my, oh my.
Love, love, love anything with cheese. Too good. Must, must, must try.
Thank you (as always!)
Clare! How nice to see you! Thank you! :)
Anothe goodie for my files….
Norma, these are fun and easy to make, and I think you could use almost any sort of hard cheese.. xx
Ahhh, so this is what we’re supposed to do with all of the leftover cheese in the cheese drawer! They look divine. I’m definitely going to give this one a go! xx
Em, they’re an easy way to use up the bits and pieces! :)
I’d be keen on these too :)
I’d be keen to share them with you! :)
Sweet