Cheese Sticks
An Aruba lunch. Ready in about 36 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 21 minCook (about)
- 36 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Fresh & other
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- ⅔ cup milk
- Knob butter
- 1 egg
- 2.8 lb mozzarella
- 1 ¼ tsp sugar
Sauces & oils
- 1 ¼ tsp olive oil
- For frying oil Shopping tip: Vegetable or olive oil.
Spices & seasonings (1): salt
- 1 ¼ tsp salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Cut the cheese and long strips.
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Place in fridge to prevent it becoming soft.
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Mix egg, butter and flour in a bowl.
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Add olive oil, salt and sugar to taste into the mix.
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Gradually add milk.
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Knead well for a suitable consistency.
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Stretch out your dough with a rolling pin.
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Cut in long strips (2 to 1 ¼ inches).
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Roll your strips of dough around your cheese strips forming a spiral.
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Make sure your dough covers your cheese so that it doesn' melt out while frying.
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Roll your cheese & dough strips through flour.
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Do it to prevent them from sticking while frying.
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Heat oil in a frying pan till hot before placing the cheese sticks.
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Fry until golden in color.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.