Allumettes (Cheese Straws of Puff Pastry)

Ingredients

• Puff-pastry trimmings
• Sauce Béchamel
• Grated Gruyère
• Cayenne
• Grated Parmesan

Instructions

1. Roll a band of puff-pastry trimmings 8 centimetres wide, half a centimetre thick and of any length.
2. Add grated Gruyère to the very much reduced sauce Béchamel and sharpen it with Cayenne.
3. Spread the sauce over the band of pastry.
4. Sprinkle the surface with grated Parmesan and press it onto the sauce with the blade of a knife.
5. Cut into rectangles 2 centimetres wide.
6. Arrange on a lightly dampened tray.
7. Bake in a moderate oven for 12 minutes.