Cheese Stars Recipe

From Kate Hardy

I am so thrilled to have nabbed this recipe from Kate. She says they’re scrumptious – and everyone I know who has ever tried them just RAVES about them. They’re definitely on my Christmas menu!

Ingredients

8oz butter
8 oz Gouda, grated
2 egg yolks
8 oz plain flour
Paprika, to taste

Beat the butter until creamy.

Add the cheese, egg yolks and paprika.

Work in the flour (with your hands usually works best!).

Chill the dough for an hour (otherwise they spread madly when you cook them).

Knead, roll out to 5mm thick, and cut out star shapes (my cutter is about 3cm wide).

Place on a lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.

Bake at 180 degrees C for 10-12 minutes then cool on a rack.

TRUE LOVE AUTHOR

Kate HArdy

Kate Hardy is an award-winning author of more than 80 books for Harlequin Mills & Boon. Her novel ‘Breakfast at Giovanni’s’ won the RNA Romance Prize in 2008 and her novel ‘Bound by a Baby’ won the RoNA Rose Prize (formerly Romance Prize) in 2014; she’s been shortlisted six more times for the award, as well as for two Romantic Times awards.

She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two children, a springer spaniel called Archie, and too many books to count. She’s a bit of a nerd who loves music, cinema, the theatre, history and cooking (which is why she has to go to the gym five times a week), and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, particularly if it’s hands-on and means experimenting with cooking. Reviewers say that her books are full of warmth, heart and charm – and also that you’ll learn something new and interesting from them!

Kate also writes bestselling local history books under the name of Pamela Brooks.