Pigs in a blanket

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Pigs in a blanket
American pigs in blankets.jpg
Type Sausage wrapped in pastry
Coursehors d'oeuvre
Place of originFrance
Main ingredients Cocktail sausage, hot dog or other sausage, crescent rolls or other pastry
VariationsFilled with cheese

Pigs in a blanket in the United States is a small hot dog or other sausage wrapped in pastry similar to a sausage roll in the UK, it is commonly served as an appetizer in the United States. The similarity in name with that of the UK dish pigs in blankets, which is a sausage wrapped in bacon, sometimes causes confusion. [1]

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Ingredients and preparation

In the United States the term "pigs in a blanket" typically refers to hot dogs in croissant dough, but may include Vienna sausages, cocktail or breakfast/link sausages baked inside biscuit dough or croissant dough. American cookbooks from the 1800s have recipes for "little pigs in blankets", [2] but this is a rather different dish of oysters rolled in bacon similar to angels on horseback. The modern version can be traced back to at least 1940, when a U.S. Army cookbook lists "Pork Sausage Links (Pigs) in Blankets". [3]

The dough is sometimes homemade, but canned dough is most common. Pancake dough is also sometimes used, although this combination is more commonly served like a corn dog and sold as a pancake on a stick. The larger variety is served as a quick and easy main course or a light meal (particularly for children) at lunch or supper while the smaller version is served as an appetizer. In Texas, kolaches or klobasneks are a similar dish which originates from Czech immigrants. The meat or savory part, often a sausage but not always, is wrapped in kolache dough and not croissant dough. This dish in Texas is most commonly referred to as "kolache", although traditional Czech-style kolaches are a sweet dish, not a savory dish. [4]

Serving

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A bowl of pigs in a blanket

Smaller versions of the dish are commonly served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre, sometimes with a mustard or aioli dipping sauce, or are accompanied by other foods during the main course.[ citation needed ]

Similar dishes

A sausage bun (cheung jai baau) from Hong Kong SausageBun.jpg
A sausage bun (cheung jai baau) from Hong Kong

The cuisines of a number of countries have similar dishes under a variety of names.

In Belgium, this is a traditional dish from the city of Namur, where it is called avisance. Historically it was a sausage or sausage meat in bread dough, replaced nowadays with puff pastry. [5]

In Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, a hot dog wrapped in bread is called a fransk hot dog (lit.'french hot dog'). [6] The name is a reference to the bread's similarity to a baguette. In Denmark and Norway, American-style pigs in a blanket are known as pølsehorn, meaning "sausage horns".

The German Würstchen im Schlafrock ("sausage in a dressing gown") uses sausages wrapped in puff pastry [7] or, more rarely, pancakes. Cheese and bacon are sometimes present.

In the Netherlands, Saucijzenbroodje  [ nl ] is a puff pastry roll filled with seasoned minced meat. [8]

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References

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  3. War Department Technical Manual, vol. 10 (412 ed.), 1940, retrieved 25 December 2021 via Google Books
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