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In the United States, pigs in a blanket are small hot dogs or other sausages individually wrapped in pastry. It is commonly served as an appetizer.
Smaller versions of the dish are commonly served as an appetizer or
The cuisines of a number of countries have similar dishes under a variety of names.
In
. Retrieved 9 September 2008 or, more rarely, pancakes. Cheese and bacon are sometimes present. In the Netherlands, is a puff pastry roll filled with seasoned minced meat. In the United Kingdom and Australia, pastry-wrapped sausage meat is known as a sausage roll.
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Ingredients and preparation
In the United States the term "pigs in a blanket" typically refers tohot dog
A hot dog is a grilled, steamed, or boiled sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. The term ''hot dog'' can also refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener ( Vienna sausage) or a frankfurter ( Frankfurter Würs ...
s in croissant
A croissant (, ) is a French cuisine, French pastry in a crescent shape made from a laminated yeast dough similar to puff pastry.
It is a buttery, flaky, ''viennoiserie'' pastry inspired by the shape of the Austrian cuisine, Austrian ''Kifli, ...
dough
Dough is a malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from flour (which itself is made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops). Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes ...
, but may include Vienna sausages, cocktail or breakfast/link sausages baked inside biscuit
A biscuit is a flour-based baked food item. Biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be savoury, similar to crackers.
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dough or croissant dough. American cookbooks from the 1800s have recipes for "little pigs in blankets", 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".
The dough is sometimes homemade, but canned dough is most common. Pancake
A pancake, also known as a hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack, is a flat type of batter bread like cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based Batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk, and butter, and then cooked on a ...
dough is also sometimes used, although this combination is more commonly served like a corn dog
A corn dog (also spelled corndog and also known by #Name variations, several other names) is a hot dog on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal Batter (cooking), batter and Deep frying, deep fried. It originated in the Unite ...
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
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, kolaches or klobasneks are a similar dish which originates from Czech
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** Czechs, the people of the area
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
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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
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is most commonly referred to as "kolache", although traditional Czech-style kolaches are a sweet dish, not a savory dish.
Serving
Smaller versions of the dish are commonly served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre
An hors d'oeuvre ( ; ), appetiser, appetizer or starter is a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine. Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold, others hot. Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the meal, or ...
, sometimes with a mustard
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Food and plants
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* Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment
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or aioli dipping sauce, or are accompanied by other foods during the main course
A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée () course.
Usage
In the United States and Canada (except Quebec), the main course is traditionally called an "entrée". En ...
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Similar dishes
The cuisines of a number of countries have similar dishes under a variety of names.
In Belgium
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, this is a traditional dish from the city of Namur
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Namur stands at the confl ...
, where it is called ''avisance''. Historically it was a sausage or sausage meat in bread dough, replaced nowadays with puff pastry.
In Denmark
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, Norway
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, and Sweden
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, a hot dog wrapped in bread is called a ''fransk hot dog'' (). 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 , meaning "sausage horns".
The German ("sausage in a dressing gown") uses sausages wrapped in puff pastry
Puff pastry, also known as , is a light, flaky pastry, its base dough () composed of wheat flour and water. Butter or other solid fat () is then layered into the dough. The dough is repeatedly rolled and folded, rested, re-rolled and folded, encas ...
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See also
* Bagel dog *Corn dog
A corn dog (also spelled corndog and also known by #Name variations, several other names) is a hot dog on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal Batter (cooking), batter and Deep frying, deep fried. It originated in the Unite ...
* Hot dog
A hot dog is a grilled, steamed, or boiled sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. The term ''hot dog'' can also refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener ( Vienna sausage) or a frankfurter ( Frankfurter Würs ...
* Egg in the basket
* Galette-saucisse
* Klobasnek
* Pepperoni roll
* Sausage roll
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* List of stuffed dishes
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References
External links
Retro Shack: The Hot Dog Goes Haute
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