Aging pellet hops

I need to rapidly age some pellet hops for a plambic I'm preparing soon. All the recipes use whole hops, but I managed to get a pound grab bag from Austin homebrew today. I was going in for vintage saaz and left with an assortment. I read that the pellets can be aged if ground down and warmed in the oven for about six hours. Does this sound right? Also, would I get a cheese odor this way?

For 15 gallons of beer, I'm using 4 ounces of spalt pellets (5% AA) and 2 ounces of Sterling (5.2% AA). Saaz tends to run lower in alpha acids, so should I bake longer?
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