Scottish cheddar cookies harissa chili cumin

Two ingredients work in harmony to create the spicy flavor of these sumptuous cookies. First, there's traditional, aged farm cheddar made from raw milk from cattle fed on lush grass and barley from the Tobermory distillery. It comes from a farm near Tobermory. And there's Harissa paste, that famous North African and Middle Eastern staple in which chili is blended with garlic and other exquisite spices. The blend used by the Island Bakery is warm without being spicy, with earthy cumin in the foreground and an array of other fragrant spices. The melt-in-the-mouth spiced cookies are delicious on their own, but it's also worth trying a dry Riesling or a fruity red wine with them sometime.

The Inner Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland. On one of the 79 islands, the Isle of Mull, you find an amazing bakery. The “Island Bakery” uses the best ingredients to make tasty biscuits that are second to none. Dawn and Joe Reade, the family business owners, started baking bread in the mid-1990s. In 2001 they found an ideal way to diversify: with incomparably good cookies, which they (fortunately) market abroad. A characteristic island mentality often comprises a heightened awareness of the finite nature of resources, so it’s hardly surprising that the “Island Bakery” runs on electricity from wind energy and hydroelectric power from the Tobermory River, and the Reades heat the oven with local wood.

Sales description:

Cheese cookies with harissa

Ingredients:

Wheat flour(wheat flour, calcium carbonate*, iron*, niacin*, thiamin*), butter(milk) 32%, Isle-of-Mull cheese(milk) 17%*, harissa paste 6% (chili flakes 36%, cumin 19%, ground coriander, garlic powder, tomato paste, sugar, lemon juice, paprika, cayenne bell pepper, star anise), sea salt*. Leavening agent: ammonium carbonate* (*Non-organic. Consists of 81% organic ingredients).

Note Allergens:

May contain traces of soy, nuts and peanuts.

Storage and Preparation Instructions:

Once opened, store in an airtight container.

Origin / provenance:

Scotland

Organic Regulatory Council:

GB-ORG-05

Responsible food business operator:

Island Bakery Organics
Calle de Manzanares 42
8005 Madrid
Spain