Stilton Biscuits for Port
- 3/4 pound Stilton or other blue-veined cheese
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 2 teaspoons celery seeds
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Butter a baking sheet.
- Finely mash the cheese in a bowl.
- Pour the butter over it and mix well.
- Mix in the celery seeds.
- Add the flour and mix with fingertips or fork to form a dough.
- Alternatively, the cheese and butter mixture can be blended in the food processor.
- Add the celery seeds and flour and process until the ball of dough forms.
- Shape the dough into two logs, each about 10-inches long.
- Wrap in foil and refrigerate for at least one hour.
- Slice the dough into rounds about one-quarter inch thick.
- Place the rounds on the baking sheet.
- Bake about 10 minutes, until browned on the bottom.
- Turn and bake about four minutes longer, to brown the other side.
- Cool the biscuits on a rack before serving.
cheese, butter, flour, celery seeds
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1396 (may not work)