Cheese Biscuits

Elisabeth Luard

Quantity. Makes about 30 biscuits.   

Preparation: 20 minutes.  

Cooking: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

8 oz/250g flour

8 oz/250g hard cheese (mature Cheddar preferably)

8 oz/250g cold butter 

½ teaspoon salt

Method

1. Sieve the flour with the salt into a bowl.

2. Finely grate the cheese into the flour.

3. Grate the butter through the larger holes into the flour.

4. Mix all together with a knife, and press into a ball with the tips of your fingers.

5. You may need a little water to make the dough stick cheese and butter vary in their water content.

6. Roll the dough out very thinly on a floured board.

7. Cut it into rounds.

8. Lay the rounds on a baking tray (no need to butter it).

9. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, until the biscuits are pale gold – don't let them overcook.

10. Cool them on a rack and store them in an airtight tin.