Makes 50 straws and 8 rings
INGREDIENTS
115g/4oz/1 cup plain flour, plus extra for dusting
5ml/1 tsp mustard powder
pinch of salt
115g/4oz/1/2 cup butter
75g/3oz/3/4 cup Cheddar cheese, grated
pinch of cayenne pepper
30ml/2 tbsp water
1 egg, beaten
poppy seeds, sunflower seeds or sesame seeds, to decorate

Cheese Straws

Make the cheese pastry in the same way as Festive Nibbles. Cut the cheese pastry into fingers about 10cm/4in long and 5mm/1/4in wide.

Roll out the trimmings, cut rounds using two pastry cutters of different sizes, a 6cm/2/1/2in one to cut out the circle and a 5cm/2in

diameter one to stamp out the centre.

To serve, push six or eight straws through each ring.