I really need to get myself some better baking equipment. I bake far less often than I cook, so I’ve never really bothered to get much baking paraphernalia. I hope you won’t judge me when I tell you that I rolled out these parmesan biscuits with a wine bottle, and cut out the circles with the top of a wine glass (I swear my kitchen isn’t only stocked for drinking wine… we have beer glasses too).

Anyway, before you conclude too many bad things about me I’d better move on to the recipe…

This is another recipe from the cookbook I reviewed the other day (The Gate’s Easy Vegetarian Cookbook). In the book they serve these cheesy crackers with a simple goat’s cheese and basil pâté (basically just goat’s cheese and basil mixed with a dash of olive oil), but they were so tasty that they were all gone before I had a chance to make anything to go with them. They taste just like cheese straws! And considering I’m not the best baker in the world, I was pretty impressed with how flaky they were inside. You can see thin layers running all the way through them. Definitely a testament to a great recipe!

(oh by the way, make sure you get a vegetarian version of parmesan, since ‘real’ parmesan contains rennet so is not veggie)

These parmesan biscuits would be perfect for a classy cocktail party (just in case hell freezes over and I ever have a cocktail party), with cheese and grapes and other tasty little bits like that. Or just eat them straight out of the tin, whatever you feel up to. But as with a lot of crackers, they might make you a bit thirsty, so make sure you have some wine handy.

I definitely feel like this post has made me sound like an alcoholic. I’m not, I swear.

Anyway, now’s the time you’ve been waiting for! My Swiss Diamond ended today. The winner is… (drumroll)… Tammy Tudor! Congratulations Tammy! And thank you to everyone else that entered. I have another giveaway coming up at the beginning of September so make sure you don’t go anywhere.