Cook With Us #20 - Snacks and Quick Bites – Bacon & Cheese Sesame Seed Twists

Who can resist a snack or a quick bite? I know I can't; especially something cheesy and crunchy:)

I dare you to have just one of these flaky Sesame Seed pastries filled with hot English Mustard, Bacon & Mature Cheddar Cheese - and I bet my bottom dollar you will be going to that platter again and again; they were absolutely irresistible!

I think most of my foodie friends know by now that I love using ordinary pantry staples in my cooking and baking; not only does it save the bucks, but it also saves a ton of time and effort!

So for this week's Cook With Us Challenge, now on Whaleshares but still run by the masterchefs @pandamama and @offoodandart, I've made Bacon & Cheese Sesame Seed Twists using a flaky buttery homemade pastry filled with a good quality hot English Mustard, Bacon bits & Mature Cheddar Cheese.
Would love to compete with some of our old contestants over there :)

RECIPE
Flaky Pastry

• 125 gram Ice Cold Butter
• 375 ml Cake Flour
• Salt
• 1 Egg yolk + enough Cider to make 100ml liquid - you can drink the rest;)
  Digressing from my pastry recipe here - it usually calls for 2 tsp vinegar & iced water but I felt like trying cider & it worked like a charm.
  Grate most of the butter into flour & salt & work in with a knife till it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  Add liquid and knead to a smooth pastry.
  Roll out into a long rectangle, grate some butter on one third, fold over, grate remaining butter over, fold final third over & pastry's ready for action.
  
  Filling
• Hot English Mustard
• Approx 200 ml Mature Cheddar Cheese - grated
• Approx 100 gram frozen Bacon - dice into tiny pieces whilst frozen
• 1 Egg - beaten
• Sesame Seeds
  Roll out pastry into a rectangle, fairly thin.
  Spread on half with mustard, top with Cheese & Bacon.
  Fold over pastry & press down a little to seal.
  Cut into strips, give an egg wash on both sides, roll into Sesame Seeds & twist.
  

Leave in freezer for approx 10 min.
Bake at 190C till a nice golden brown.
Place on wire racks to cool a little before serving.

BON APPETIT!

I enjoyed my snacks with a light Cider and served them in these quirky glasses we bought from a street vendor who made them from old cider bottles, quite ingenious!

A quick look at the making of these snacks:

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