More holiday appetizers - I labeled these "pigs in blankets" to be grammatically correct, but people here generally say "pigs in a blanket."
They are sausage rolls in the UK & NZ. Pigs in blankets are sausages wrapped in bacon in the UK.
More holiday appetizers - I labeled these "pigs in blankets" to be grammatically correct, but people here generally say "pigs in a blanket."
That is quite a lot to eat... were those plates shared?
Out of interest - how long do you cook the stacks in the oven & are the potatoes raw when put in oven? Just following up on a former question I had re MypinchofItaly's Potato Tart.
I will experiment but this length of time in the past has meant I ended up with semi-raw potatoes. I do cut them thin on a mandolin.
When cooking half quantities of dishes with plenty of liquid I rarely halve the spices etc but just make sure I use the same amount of liquid as in the original recipe. For drier dishes I often end up with about two-thirds the amount of spices than stated in the original recipe. I like my food to be fragrant and/or hot. I never put salt in a dish and rarely use stock, preferring just water, although for a couple of the recipes I posted this morning in the Cookbook Challenge #7 I did quarter all the ingredients and use vegetable stock as I'd never cooked those particular dishes before.Chicken Tikka Masala from Indian cooking, Veronica Sperling.
The Complete Book of Indian Cooking: Amazon.co.uk: SPERLING, McFadden: 9780752520568: Books
This was quite hot, I started off halving the recipe but forgot to halve the spices, I also added a little for luck! Was delish though and will do again at some point.
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30 minutes at 375F/190C and they were cooked through (I know, I ate some ), but they went back in for another 20 minutes after I topped with cheese and bacon.
Does your oven run a little cold? Are you doing them in a fan oven? The only reason I mention that is I know it can be trickier to test the temperature of a fan oven because it fluctuates more (according to the owners manual for my fan-equipped oven).I'm confused as I've made individual potato gratins lots of times and it always takes more that 45 mins. Usually more like an hour and 15 mins at 180C.
Does your oven run a little cold? Are you doing them in a fan oven? The only reason I mention that is I know it can be trickier to test the temperature of a fan oven because it fluctuates more (according to the owners manual for my fan-equipped oven).
Also, mine were covered in foil for the first 30 minutes, so that helped them along, no doubt.
There's a recipe here Potato Tart that says bake for 15-20 minutes, but you have to parboil the potatoes for a few minutes first.I've cooked them in my normal oven which is fan assisted but it isn't running cold as far as I know - I bake bread in it and its normal time for bread. I've also cooked them in the Halogen cooker with the same result. Are you using floury type potatoes?
This time around, I used Yukon Golds, which I think aren't as starchy as russets and not as waxy as reds, somewhere in the middle.Are you using floury type potatoes?
There's a recipe here Potato Tart that says bake for 15-20 minutes, but you have to parboil the potatoes for a few minutes first.
Lullabelle was on duty again today, ribs and wings, and bbq juice all over my chin, lovely.
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Well done Lullabelle.