Gluten Free Retro Olive Balls
By: Eva Taylor
Published: Friday, April 9, 2010 - 1:55pm

Ingredients




1/4 pound Shredded Aged Cheddar (I used orange, but you can use white too!)
1/4 cup softened unsalted butter (the original recipe asks for salte
3/4 cup all purpose gluten free flour (or all purpose flour)
1 teaspoon zantham gum (not required if using all purpose flour)
1 teaspoon Sexy Gourmet Chipotle Spice mix
30 smalls pimento stuffed olives
1/2 cup sesame seeds

Preparation

1 Pre heat oven to 350°F. 2 Place all ingredients but the sesame seeds and olives into a food processor and process until it becomes a firm ball of dough. 3 Remove from processor and roll out on a piece of parchment to about 2 -3 mm thick. 4 Using a 5 cm cookie cutter, cut circles. Wrap one olive per cut circle and roll into sesame seeds until well coated. 5 Bake for 15-20 minutes until sesame seeds are somewhat golden. 6 Enjoy warm or cool. We preferred the flavour once they cooled to room temperature, you really taste the cheese and the sexy spice!

About


My sister-in-law used to make a version of these for the cottage cocktail parties their parents held in the 80’s! I was thinking about making them for Easter and coincidentally a Balderson Cheese booklet had an intriguing recipe, so it had to be done!