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Chester

Name: Chester
Prep time: 1 h 34 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 54 min
Yield: 50 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g flour; 250 g butter; 4 g salt; 5 g paprika; 250 g Comté cheese

Chester biscuits are shortbread biscuits made with Cheshire cheese, and are known as "Cheshire cheese cookies".

Here's a version with Comté cheese.

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Duration

1 hour 55 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: August 24^th 2025

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 50 pieces, you will need:

1 250 g flour
2 250 g butter
3 4 g salt
4 5 g paprika
5 250 g Comté cheese
Total weight: 760 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Resting

1 hour

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

1 hour 55 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Resting 1 hour

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Pour 250 g flour, 250 g butter, 4 g salt and 5 g paprika into the bowl of a mixer.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Grate over 250 g Comté cheese

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Knead with a hook at minimum speed...

Stage 4

... until you obtain a smooth paste.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Pour the dough onto your work surface and shape into a ball.

Cut the ball into 2 equal parts.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 6 min.

Roll each ball into a cylinder up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) in diameter.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 hour

Place each cylinder on a piece of cling film and roll it up.

Place the wrapped cylinders in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

After this time, preheat your oven to 180°C (360°F), then remove the film from the hardened pasta cylinders.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 8 min.

Cut into slices no thicker than 1 cm (0.4 inches).

Stage 10

Place the slices as you go on a sheet of baking paper on a baking sheet.

Be careful not to pack them too tightly, as they will spread out a little when cooked.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 20 min.

Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180°C (360°F).

Stage 12

Let cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy cold or warm, for example as an aperitif cookie.

Remarks

Comté cheese can be replaced, totally or partially, by another hard cheese such as Beaufort, Cantal or Salers.

Paprika is there to add a little pep to the cookies, but you can replace it with another spice of your choice, or a little Espelette pepper.

Keeping: Several days in a closed jar in the fridge.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	13 g RDI=20 %	25 g RDI=10 %	37 g RDI=52 %	495 kcal RDI=25 %	2,076 kJ RDI=25 %
Per piece	2 g RDI=3 %	3 g RDI=1 %	5 g RDI=8 %	75 kcal RDI=4 %	315 kJ RDI=4 %
Whole recipe	100 g RDI=154 %	192 g RDI=72 %	288 g RDI=395 %	3,763 kcal RDI=188 %	15,756 kJ RDI=188 %