Black Sesame Pastry Sticks

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These little savoury pastry treats are a fun flaky finger food to enhance any gathering or party. The rich nutty and savoury taste of black sesame is the perfect accompaniment to a refreshing drink. Pass them around at a party and don't expect the plate to come back with any fingers still on it! People can't resist them and once you've nibbled on one, you will be back for more. Hurry, grab one soon before they're all gone.

Prep Time30

Cook Time15

Total Time45

Course: afternoon tea, snacks

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: black sesame, pastry

Servings: pieces

Calories: 46kcal

Author: Bakabee

Ingredients

60 g unsalted butter soften
1 tsp sea salt
50 ml full-fat cream chilled
100 g cake flour sifted
20 g black sesame powder
30 g black sesame seeds

Instructions

Sift the black sesame powder in a bowl. Set it aside.
Place the softened unsalted butter and sea salt in a mixing bowl.
Beat at medium low speed using a hand held mixer until the mix becomes fluffy in texture and pale in colour. You may need to stop the mixer once or twice at this stage and scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure all the butter is well beaten.
Add the chilled cream into the mixture and continue to beat until everything is well combined.
Place a sieve on the mixing bowl and sift in the cake flour, then remove the sieve.
Add the sifted black sesame powder. Mix well, using a silicone spatula until everything is well incorporated and you can't see any flour.
Add the black sesame seeds and continue to mix well until the seeds are well distributed.
Sandwich the dough in two sheets of baking paper.
Gently roll out the dough into an approximate size of 26 x 18 cm and in 5 mm thickness.
Place the rolled dough on a baking tray and chill it for 30 to 60 minutes in the refrigerator.
When the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 170°C.
When the dough is ready, take the chilled dough from the fridge and place it on a chopping board. Peel off the top sheet of baking paper and place it on a baking tray.
Trim off the edges of the dough using a sharp knife in order to get straight even pastry sticks. This step is totally optional.
Cut out each stick in the size of 13 x 1.5 cm and place it on the lined baking tray, spacing them about 1 cm apart. Use the knife as a guide to straighten each stick.
when finished cutting, bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown and dry on the surface.
Let the pastry sticks sit on the baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring them onto the wire racks to cool down completely.
Enjoy! It really is a perfect snack for any occasion.

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Notes

Watch my video tutorial to see the whole process in motion.
For your reference, my black sesame pastry sticks took 17 minutes to bakes. Please keep an eye on yours because every oven is different.
I found it is easier to use a spatula to transfer the delicate baked pastry sticks onto the wire racks, be careful doing this.
If you use salted butter, you can omit the sea salt.

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