Poppyseed snowmen

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas 4. Place the flour, butter, cheese, paprika, poppy and sesame seeds in a food processor and blend until crumby.

2. Add the yolk and pulse until the mixture comes together. Add a bit of water if the mixture seems dry.

3. Roll out the mixture thinly. Cut out circles using a small round cutter.

4. Place the rounds on a lined baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

5. Mix together the cream cheese, lemon juice, Tabasco and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.

6. Take half of the cream cheese filling and mix with smoked salmon.

7. Roll the cream cheese and smoked salmon cream cheese into balls.  Sandwich the cream cheese balls between the biscuit rounds and garnish, using Twiglets for arms, peppercorns for eyes and carrot batons for noses

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Ingredients

220g plain flour
175g Butter
250g freshly grated Gruyere cheese
1 pinch Paprika
2 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp Sesame seeds
1 egg yolk
250g cream cheese, firm
1 squeeze lemon
1 dash of Tabasco
1 pinch salt and fresh ground black pepper
100g Smoked salmon, shredded
20 Twiglets
20 peppercorns
10 sliced carrots, cut into batons

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