Pigs in a blanket

Pigs in blankets (also known as worstenbroodjes or saucijzenbroodjes (Dutch), kilted sausages (UK), or in Danish pølse i svøb) refers to different sausage-based foods in the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Australia, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Canada, and Japan. They are often different from sausage rolls.

United Kingdom

Christmas lunch in the UK - pigs in blankets at top right of plate

In the United Kingdom, "pigs in blankets" refers to small sausages (usually cocktail sausages) wrapped in bacon, and are a traditional accompaniment to roast turkey for Christmas lunch. (The cocktail sausages referred to are not like the ones you get in the United States which are like miniature hotdogs, but more like miniature sausages with the sausage meat much more finely ground than you would typically find in the U.S.)

Pigs in blankets can be accompanied with devils on horseback, an appetizer of prunes, or less commonly dates, wrapped in bacon.

Pigs in blankets can also refer to chipolata sausages wrapped in pastry.

United States

Pigs in a blanket - IHOP-style

American-style pigs in a blanket

In the United States, the term "pigs in a blanket" often refers to hot dogs, Vienna sausages, or breakfast/link sausages wrapped in biscuit dough, pancake, or croissant dough, and baked. The dough is sometimes homemade, but canned dough is most common. They are somewhat similar to a sausage roll or (by extension) a baked corn dog. They are served as an appetizer, a children's dish, or as a breakfast entree. A common variation is to stuff the hot dog or sausage with cheese before wrapping it in dough. At breakfast or brunch, the term "pigs in a blanket" refers to sausage links with pancake wrapped around it.

In regions heavily influenced by Slovak immigrants, such as northern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio, the term usually refers instead to stuffed cabbage rolls, such as the Polish or Ukrainian gołąbki.

The American Farm Bureau Foundation's Dates to Celebrate Agriculture calendar includes a "National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day" to be observed every April 24.^[1]

Elsewhere

The name can also refer to klobasnek (a kind of kolache filled with sausage or ham slices), or to a Slavic dish (gołąbki) of ground meat and rice wrapped in cabbage leaves and braised, usually in a tomato sauce. The German Würstchen im Schlafrock ("sausage in a dressing gown") uses wieners wrapped in puff pastry^[2] or, more rarely, pancakes. Cheese and bacon are sometimes present.

In Russia this dish is named Сосиска в тесте (Sosiska v teste, "sausage in dough").

In Israel, Moshe Ba'Teiva (Moses in the ark) is a children's dish consisting of a hot dog rolled in a ketchup-covered sheet of puff pastry or phyllo dough and baked.

In the Netherlands and among Dutch Americans, the dish is called Saucijzenbroodjes or Worstenbroodjes, often translated casually as "pigs in the blanket" in English. The dish consists of a pork sausage filling wrapped in a puff pastry dough made with shortening. They are often eaten as a breakfast food at restaurants, but homemade versions may be served at festivals or on special occasions as well.

In Denmark, they have a dish similar to the British-style dish known as the "Pølse i svøb" which means "Sausage in blanket". The American-style Pigs in a blanket are known as "Pølsehorn", meaning "Sausage horns".

See also

• Bagel dog
• Hot dog
• Pepperoni roll
• Sausage bun
• Toad in the hole
• Galette saucisse

References

External links

• Retro Shack: The Hot Dog Goes Haute