Double-crumbed cheese sticks

Ingredients

• Hard cheese — 300 g
• Eggs — 2
• Flour — 60 g
• Breadcrumbs — 130 g
• Paprika — 1/2 tsp
• Sour cream — 90 g
• Garlic — 1 clove
• Parsley — 10 g
• Oil for deep-frying — 400 ml
• Salt, pepper — to taste

Method

1. 1

   Cut the cheese into batons and freeze for 20 minutes.

2. 2

   Coat each baton in flour, then egg and breadcrumbs.

3. 3

   Repeat the egg-and-crumb coat a second time for a sturdy shell.

4. 4

   Fry in hot oil 1–2 minutes until golden and drain at once.

5. 5

   Stir sour cream with garlic and parsley; serve immediately while the cheese pulls.