How to Make Cheese Sticks

Name: How to Make Cheese Sticks
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 2 teaspoons olive oil (preferably drained from a tin of anchovies); 5 Tbsps freshly shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, divided; 496 grams 1/2 package frozen puff pastry; 1 pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 59 milliliters shredded sharp white Cheddar cheese

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give How to Make Cheese Sticks a try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 335 calories. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 9. Head to the store and pick up salt and pepper, olive oil, sharp cheddar cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Place a sheet of frozen puff pastry dough onto 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.

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Puff Pastry Dough

Cayenne Pepper

Black Pepper

Olive Oil

Dough

Salt

Sprinkle white Cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese onto 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 onto the dough over the plastic and pressing it down.

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White Cheddar Cheese

Parmigiano Reggiano

Seasoning

Cheese

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Frying Pan

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.

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Dough

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Pizza Cutter

Knife

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.

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Dough

Place breadsticks onto prepared baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese over the sticks.

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Parmigiano Reggiano

Cheese

Roll the sticks lightly to even up their shapes and pick up and press any dropped cheese onto the surfaces.

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Cheese

Roll

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.

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Wire Rack