Cheese Puff Pastry Sticks

To prepare the cheese puff pastry sticks, crack the egg into a small bowl, add the milk 1, and whisk with salt and pepper 2. Unroll the puff pastry on a work surface and brush it with the egg and milk mixture 3.

Then sprinkle with grated Grana Padano PDO 4. At this point, divide the pastry square into three equal rectangles: on the first, evenly distribute the black poppy seeds 5; then sprinkle the second rectangle with white poppy seeds 6.

Sprinkle paprika on the third 7. Use a straight-edged wheel to cut strips about 3/4 inch wide vertically. Then cut the pastry horizontally into strips about 3-4 inches wide: this will create about 24 rectangles, each 3-4 x 3/4 inches 8. Twist the sticks so that the filling remains on the outside 9.

Place all the strips on baking trays lined with parchment paper 10, well spaced 11 12, and bake in a preheated static oven at 392°F for about 10 minutes.

When they are nicely golden, remove the trays 13 14 and let the cheese puff pastry sticks cool before serving them 15!