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Bitter Orange Cheese Biscuits Recipe

The Steenbergs organic orange blossom tea in these biscuits make for a wonderful cheese board biscuit.

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Bitter Orange Cheese Biscuits Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 400g plain flour
  • 250g Butter
  • 120g caster sugar
  • 1 level tablespoon Steenbergs orange blossom tea ground
  • 1 tablespoon organic orange blossom water
  • Steenbergs Organic Fairtrade Cinnamon sugar to sprinkle when cooked

The Steenbergs organic orange blossom tea in these biscuits make for a wonderful cheese board biscuit. 

The sharp taste from the tea takes the sweetness of the sugar away leaving an orange scented tang, great with a tangy Wensleydale or feta cheese and a fruity chutney.

Method

01
Warm the butter slightly
02
Rub the butter into the flour, ground tea, caster sugar and organic orange blossom water
03
Bring the mixture together to form a dough ball
04
Lightly flour a work surface and roll out the dough to about 1” even thickness
05
Cut out small biscuit shapes
06
Cook on a lined biscuit tray in the oven at 180’c for 15-20 minutes till lightly golden brown
07
Sprinkle very lightly with the organic cinnamon sugar
08
Cool on a wire rack
09
Serve on their own or with a cheese selection, chutneys, and fruit
10
These biscuits if cut out small make great canapé holders