Use-it-up cheese and sesame shortbread

Name: Use-it-up cheese and sesame shortbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 40 pieces
Ingredients: 120 g hard cheeses; 120 g unsalted butter; 180 g plain flour; 2 pinches paprika; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 3 egg yolks; 2 pinches sea salt; 1 pinch ground black pepper; 2 tbsp sesame seeds

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Prep. 10min

Total 1 h 10min

40 pieces

Ingredients

hard cheeses (eg Parmesan, cheddar, pecorino), cut into pieces (3 cm - see Tips)
120 g
unsalted butter chilled and cut into cubes
120 g
plain flour plus extra to dust
180 g
paprika
2 pinches
fresh thyme leaves only
2 sprigs
egg yolks
3
sea salt
2 pinches
ground black pepper
1 pinch
sesame seeds black and white
2 tbsp