Crispy Cheese Bread Sticks With Homemade Marinara Sauce

This recipe is perfect and very delicious. These can be appetizers, or just a delicious cheese snack to be shared with friends and family. I know this recipe may look hard but it is worth it in the end. :)

• one sheet of frozen puff Pastry
• 1/2 cup of Cheese of your choosing ( I choose a cheddar cheese)
• Parmesan
• Italian spices (I used dried oregano and basil, also some red pepper flakes)
• One egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• A pinch of black pepper
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• For the marinara sauce
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• A splash of olive oil (one tablespoon)
• 2 tablespoons chopped onions
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes ( you can add however many you like depending on your heat preference)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 teaspoon salt

• Before starting the sauce, pull out the frozen pastry to let it start thawing
• Chop up 2 tablespoons of onions, 2 cloves of garlic and open up your can of tomatoes
• I would also measure the dried oregano basil and the red pepper flakes out and then put those all in one bowl
• In a medium sauce pan add a splash of olive oil and let it heat up
• Once hot add your onions and seasonings in to the oil
• Let the onions cook until soft (about 3 to 4 minutes)

add in the garlic and let that cook for about one minute or until the garlic is fragrant

• Add in your diced can tomatoes and give the sauce a mix (if you like you can use 1 whole fresh tomato I recommend still using caned)
• Let your sauce simmer for 30 minutes

• Once your sauce is done simmering, take a immersion stick blender and blend up all of the tomatoes
• Blend until you get a consistence you like ( I left mine a little chunky)
• Set the sauce to the side when making the breadsticks

• the pastry should be at room temperature and easy to roll by now
• Dust your counter and rolling pin with flour
• Roll out pastry until it is 12 inches by 10
• Preheat the oven to 375

• Once your pastry is rolled out, whisk one egg and a tablespoon of water in a bowl
• Go ahead and brush the egg mixture on to your pastry rectangle

• Shred up the cheese of your Choice ( I chose a sharp cheddar)
• Sprinkle your cheese, and Parmesan on to your pastry
• Add your Italian spices, ( I added one tablespoon of dried oregano and a pinch of red pepper flakes)

• Cut the cheese pastry in to one inch strips
• After cutting each strip press down the cheese to the pastry to ensure that it sticks

Make sure that you press the cheese down on to the pastry

Twist the strips of dough in to something like the picture above

• Put your breadsticks in the oven preheated to 375 Fahrenheit
• Wait 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown before pulling them out
• When in the oven you can quickly reheat your sauce up if you want to

let the breadsticks cool for a little bit before devouring them

You can also plate them or serve them however you would lik

Hope you enjoyed :)