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Peynirli Bisküvi (Cheese Biscuits)

Peynirli Bisküvi (Cheese Biscuits) is a traditional Turkish recipe for a cheese-flavoured biscuit (cookie) that's traditionally served either at tea time or with soups. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Turkish version of: Cheese Biscuits.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

25 minutes

Total Time:

45 minutes

Additional Time:

(+20 minutes resting)

Makes:

18

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Cheese RecipesBaking RecipesTurkey Recipes

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Ingredients:

110g plain flour
1/2 tsp salt
generous pinch of cayenne pepper
100g unsalted butter, chilled
60g Gruyére cheese, grated
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp iced water

Method:

Sift the flour, salt and cayenne pepper into a bowl. Finely dice or grate the butter and rub into the flour mix with your fingers until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Gently beat the egg yolk and iced water together then add to the flour mix along with the cheese. Bring the mixture together as a solid dough and knead well (you will end up with quite a hard dough). Cover with clingfilm and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to rest).

Turn the dough onto a lightly-floured work surface then roll to 5mm thick. Use a round 5cm diameter pastry cutter to cut out rounds from the pastry (re-roll the scraps to make more rounds), otherwise use a square cutter or cut into diamonds. Transfer these rounds to a baking tray lined with baking parchment (sprinkle some nigella seeds on top if you wish) then transfer to an oven pre-heated to 200°C and bake for around 20 minutes, or until nicely golden brown. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

traditionally these biscuits are served either with Turkish soups or they are served with orange cake for afternoon tea.