German Pigs In A Blanket Food

PIGS-IN-A-BLANKET WITH SAUERKRAUT AND MUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Line two 13x18-inch baking sheets with parchment paper. In a small bowl, beat the egg with 1 tablespoon water. Prep the ingredients for the filling and set aside.
• If using a 17-ounce puff pastry package, roll each sheet to a 9x12-inch rectangle. Cut each piece lengthwise into eight 1 1/2-inch wide strips. Cut each strip crosswise into two pieces, about 4 1/2 inches long. You should have 32 pieces of pastry.
• Spread the center of each piece of pastry with 1/2 teaspoon mustard and top with 1/2 teaspoon sauerkraut. Brush one narrow end of the pastry with egg wash, add one piece of sausage, and roll to enclose. Return to parchment-lined baking sheets. Brush the top of each pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with caraway seeds, seam-side down. Chill in refrigerator for 15 minutes. Bake until golden brown and puffed, 23 to 27 minutes.

PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Separate crescent dough into triangles. Place hot dogs at wide ends of triangles and roll up. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Combine egg and water; brush over rolls. Sprinkle caraway over tops; press lightly into rolls. , Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

PIGS IN THE BLANKET AKA STUFFED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Wilt head of cabbage in large pot of boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove cabbage from pot, cool slightly and separate leaves, taking care not to break the leaves.
• Mix ground beef, sausage, cooked rice, garlic salt, paprika and pepper. Form 3 inch balls. Place meatball into cabbage leaf and fold leaf around the ball. Place roll into a large square of cheesecloth, cover and twist ends of the cloth to shape and tighten the roll. Remove cabbage roll and repeat until all filling is used.
• In a large roasting pan which has been coated with olive oil, place layer of cabbage rolls (folded side down), cover with 1 can of tomatoes, and repeat. Pour chicken broth over the layers.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cover roasting pan and bake for 2 hours or until until cabbage is tender. Serve with mashed potatoes.

GERMAN PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Cut the crusts from the bread and using a rolling pin, roll to make the bread a little pliable.
• Spread thinly with the mustard making sure it reaches the edges evenly, then drizzle over a little curry ketchup, if used. Place a Frankfurter at the top end and tuck in a couple or more the gherkin slices.
• Roll up quite firmly, place joint side down on a baking tray and secure with a wooden toothpick. Brush the top and sides with the melted butter.
• Make 5 more rolls in the same way then bake for 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown and crisp. Remove and cool until warm. Take out the sticks before serving.
• Alternative suggestion: Use a pretzel dough to make pigs in the Bavarian pretzel blanket. We recommend the Kathi Pretzel Mix to make a perfect pretzel dough.

ROULADEN -GERMAN PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Trim all fat from meat and if not pounded flat by your butcher, take a metal or wooden cooking mallet and pound the steak until the tissues are broken down and it is pretty thin.
• Cut steak into long thin strips.
• Season flour with salt and pepper.
• Arrange an assembly line for preparation for ease of rolling.
• On each piece of steak, place a dab of mustard and rub it along the steak.
• Add a piece of bacon.
• Add a piece of pickle slice.
• Sprinkle a dab of marjoram.
• From one end of the steak, start rolling the steak, bacon, pickle until completely rolled and secure with toothpicks or string.
• Continue until all steak is rolled.
• Dredge rolls of steak into flour until coated.
• Heat oil in deep fryer pan.
• Brown steak until browned.
• Transfer to casserole dish.
• Continue browning and transferring into casserole dish until done.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stir and scrape up any browned bits left in frying pan and slowly add 2 cups of beef broth.
• Sprinkle a dash of extra marjoram into gravy and stir.
• Pour gravy over steak rolls in casserole dish.
• Either bake now at 350°F for 1-1-1/2 hours or you can refrigerate and cook later.

PIGS IN BLANKETS (GERMAN CABBAGE ROLLS)

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and onion. Salt and pepper to taste. Drain grease. Stir together rice and browned ground beef and set aside.
• Bring a large kettle of water to a boil and remove from heat.
• Carefully remove 16 leaves from the head of cabbage and put leaves in the water and let set until wilted.
• Remove a leaf from the water with tongs, take a good sized tablespoon of the hamburger-rice mixture into the leaf and wrap leaf around the burger mixture. May need to secure with a toothpick to keep closed.
• Place in a greased 9x13 pan.
• Repeat with remaining leaves and burger mixture.
• When you have used all the mixture, pour tomato juice and water over top of cabbage rolls.
• Cover and bake for an hour at 325.

PIG IN THE BLANKETS

Steps:

• Divide sausage, forming 30 to 36 "Pigs".
• (About half the length of a hot dog) Do not roll in hands, form carefully with finger tips or fork.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in margarine as for pie dough.
• Mix in milk, form into smooth ball.
• Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness, cut into strips about 3 1/2 inches wide. Wrap "pig" loosely in dough, overlapping on the bottom.
• Do not pinch ends shut. Prick top of each "pig" with a fork.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheets, bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees, then 15 minutes at 350 degrees until brown.
• May be frozen up to 4 months.

PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Wrap cheese around each frankfurter then the biscuit around that. Put on cookie sheet with the overlap of biscuit faced down, so you don't have to use tooth picks.
• Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.

PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut hot dogs lengthwise.
• Place a piece of cheese in the slit.
• Wrap the hot dog in the crescent roll and bake for 15 minutes.
• Serve it with some applesauce and you've got an ok meal.
• (Not great, but ok).