Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, kastengel / cheese tarts. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kue Kastengel (Dutch-Indonesian Cheese Tarts)- These savory cheese tarts owed its origin to Dutch's Kaasstangels (Cheese Sticks) are popular tarts for festive occasions like Chinese New Year, Christmas, and Eid Al Fitr in Indonesia. Another one of my childhood favorite Chinese New Year cookies is this Kue Kastengel or Kaastangels in Dutch. Kastengel (Christmas Cheese-Cookies) flour, butter, margarine, edam cheese, salt, egg, egg yolks Irene Queen.
Kastengel / Cheese Tarts is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Kastengel / Cheese Tarts is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kastengel / cheese tarts using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kastengel / Cheese Tarts:
- Get 100 gram Butter
- Prepare 50 grams Margarine
- Get 200 grams Cake flour
- Take 50 grams Cornflour
- Get 3 eggs
- Take 1 sachet milk powder
- Make ready 1 tbs salt
- Prepare 1 tbs royco powder
- Get 1 tbs vanila
- Make ready 100 grams gouda/edam cheese
Kaas is the Dutch word for "cheese", while stengels means "sticks". Unlike most cookies, kaasstengels taste savoury and salty instead of sweet. In Indonesia, owed to its colonial links to the Netherlands, kaasstengels, together with nastar and putri salju are the popular kue kering (dried kue or cookie) during festive occasion. Sprinkle the finely grated cheese atop the pieces.
Steps to make Kastengel / Cheese Tarts:
- Whip the butter for 1 minute on low speed and add egg yolk and whip on high speed for 5 minutes. Add the cheese, flour, milk powder and use a spatula to stir to mix into a non-sticky dough
- Preheat oven to 330 F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Place a parchment paper or silicon mat on a working surface. Roll the dough out to about 1-inch thickness. Use a knife to cut the dough about 1-inch in width and then cut into individual about 3 inches long.Arrange these on the cookie sheet. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let the kastengel cool off on the baking sheet for 1 minute and then remove to cooling rack to let them cool down completely. Store in air-tight container and they can last up to one month
Kastengel is savory, buttery, cheesy, and irresistibly delicious. It is often made with either cheddar or gouda cheese. Depending on your preferences, it can be made crunchy or crumbly by adding more cheese or butter, or it can be made softer. Brush it with an egg, add more cheese, and make it even tastier by sprinkling shredded cheese on top. Famous cookies for festive occasions like Chinese New Year, Christmas, and Eid Al Fitr in Indonesia.
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