Cheesy balls stuffed with olives

Cheesy balls stuffed with olives

Ingredients:
20 big olives pitted and/or stuffed with almonds
75 grams grated parmesan or pecorino cheese
60 grams cold butter cut in cubes
100 grams flour
1/2 tsp kayenne pepper
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp water
poppy seeds for sprinkling

Preparation:
We dry the olives using kitchen paper.  In a bowl (or mixer) we mix the butter, the flour, the pepper, the cheese, the kayenne pepper and the paprika until we get a soft dough (if needed, we add 1 tbsp water).  We split the dough in 20 parts, we wrap each olive with a piece of the dough and we form a ball.  We put the balls in the fridge for 30 minutes.  We cover the surface of the balls with the egg mixture and we sprinkle with the poppy seeds.  We bake in preheated oven in the 180C for about 20 minutes or until they get golden.  We serve in room temperature.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,