Ingredients

• 225g/8oz Cheddar cheese,
• finely grated
• 300g/11oz plain flour
• 75g/3oz butter, melted
• 36 good-quality stuffed olives

1. Method
   

2. • Mix together the grated cheese
3. and flour, add the butter and mix
4. thoroughly to form a dough. Mould
5. 1 teaspoon of dough around each
6. olive, and shape into a ball.
7. • Put the balls on a greased baking
8. sheet. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
9. • Preheat the oven to 200°C/
10. 400°F/Gas mark 6.
11. • Once the balls are chilled, bake
12. in the oven for 15–20 minutes.
13. Serves warm.