These Smoked Cheddar Pistachio Cranberry Biscuits topped with an extra cheese and baked until golden are delightful sweet&savoury treats that would be a great addition to your celebration.
Smoked Cheddar Pistachio Cranberry Biscuits
Hello, hello, nice people. It’s December 13th today, but at least it’s not Friday (I don’t mind Friday 13th though as I am not a superstitious person. After all, Friday is Friday, and how can it be bad?)
Anyway, I have another sweet&savoury recipe today, and I am positive that you’re going to love it. Is anyone interested in some Smoked Cheddar Pistachio Cranberry Biscuits? And even though it’s not a dessert, I am going to keep it sweet and short today again. It is less than 10 days left until Christmas, and I want to squeeze so many festive recipes for this blog. I hope you’re absolutely fine with that, and I do believe some of you have the similar issue these days. And as a reward, I solemnly promise to bring you a lot of delicious things shortly including cookies, chocolates, more appetizers, and even tea. Oh, I am also updating photos of some old recipes.
How can anyone do all these things within such a limited time? I have no idea, but I’ll do my best! Besides, the holiday season is not over after Christmas. And if I fail, we have plenty of time in January, too : )
Let’s back to these Smoked Cheddar Pistachio Cranberry Biscuits. First of all, the name speaks for itself. To make it even more delicious, I added fresh rosemary and tangerine, both zest and juice. And as it wasn’t enough, I topped the biscuits with goat cheese, brie, and smoked cheddar. Interestingly that while Andrey constantly claims he doesn’t like brie, he enjoyed even those biscuits topped with brie a lot. He now specifies that he is fine (Most of the times) with baked brie. Go figure!
And do I need to mention that the combination of cranberries and pistachios is so festive and delicious? Certainly, pistachios are not the cheapest nuts in the world, but this is the Christmas season – time to splurge a little. Trust me, you and your family will like them!
Cheers.
Smoked Cheddar Pistachio Cranberry Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 cup grated smoked cheddar
- 1 cup soften butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 and 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tbsp. grated tangerine (clementine or mandarin) zest
- 1-2 tbsp. (clementine or mandarin) tangerine juice
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- a good pinch of black pepper
- 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/2 - 2/3 cup salted pistachios, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- some extra cheddar, goat cheese, and brie, for topping
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the cheese, butter, juice, zest, and egg until combined.
- Stir in the flour (add 1 cup at once reserving the remaining), baking powder, rosemary, and spices. Mix until all ingredients incorporated adding more flour if necessary.
- Stir in the pistachios (Reserve 2-3 tbsp.) and cranberries. You will get soft dough. Cover the dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 40-60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Cover baking sheets with parchment.
- Roll the dough out (about 0,7-1 cm) and cut cookies with a cookie cutter. Place the cookies onto the sheets, place a bit of cheddar, crumbled goat cheese or a slice of brie, sprinkle with the remaining pistachios, and bake for about 8-12 minutes or until slightly golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let completely cool.
- Enjoy!
Yes I’m interested in Smoked Cheddar Pistachio Cranberry Biscuits. These would go so well with our cheese board on Christmas day. Plus you’ve got cranberries in them and they’re a favourite of mine and a “must have” in as many Christmas themed recipes as possible! :-)
Loving these sweet and savory biscuits, Ben! I’m thinking they’d be wonderful along with a steaming bowl of soup…
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Wow Ben – what an epic combo of flavors! I am in awe! I would ever have thought of combining these flavors but I can imagine how well they all jive together! I too think the combination of cranberries and pistachios is so festive and delicious and I wish I had a huge stack of these!
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It sounds like Andrey’s taste buds are changing! Hey, I used to not like olives or blue cheese, but now I love both. As far as smoked cheddar, though? I’ve always loved it! So you had me right away with the smoked cheddar in these biscuits. They sound quite tasty, and I’m with Dawn that these would be great with a glass of vino. Have a great weekend, my friend!
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It’s never enough time this time of year to get things done! Love the flavour combo goin’ on here, Ben, and so quick to whip up. We are hosting a party tomorrow and I’m thinking about adding another little bite to the menu and this would be perfect! Though, I could probably make a meal out of just these (and maybe a glass of vino)….truth ;) Happy Friday, my friend!
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How creative Ben. These look just wonderfully festive and I’m glad Andrey seems to have come to his senses about Brie too :)