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

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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.