Cooking Piglets in Puff Pastry With Choux Pastry
Cocktail sausages are a must for a real Super Bowl, whether you’re playing solo or hosting 20 flamboyant guests. Wrapping Lit’l Smokies in dough blankets is a traditional move, but for those who want to change the rules a bit, try offering a bowl of custard puff pastries to tuck them in. They are unexpected, but once you open one of them, you will see that they offer significant opportunities for snacking.
I feel the power of custard very strongly. Choux pastry, or pâte à choux , is the dough used to make puff pastry, éclairs, crullers, and sno. It has a relatively neutral taste; it is the structure that makes it special. The dough is made from a simple mixture of milk, water, butter, eggs and flour. After baking at a high temperature, this combination of ingredients releases a powerful air current that is trapped in the gluten structure. Eventually, the oven will reveal a batch of toasted globes with a secret: they’re actually cookie pockets. Break the crispy ball and you will see an empty space with a thin web of egg dough perfect for stuffing with sauces and dogs.
The neutral taste of the dough makes it a great opportunity to add any flavored toppings that you would like to highlight. It’s usually chocolate or custard, but no one ever said you couldn’t stuff their cocktail sausages for a two-bite snack. In fact, I encourage it. Prepare a serving of custard puff pastries and put them in a bowl. Place the award right among the buffalo cauliflower sauce, grape jelly cocktail sausages, and three-ingredient blue cheese sauce . This triangle of symbols should give your guests all the right subconscious signals.
Open the choux pastry, add the cauliflower sauce, cocktail sausage and some blue cheese sauce. Close the top. Now you have a delicious snack that you can eat without taking your eyes off the TV screen. There are only mini sausages, chili peppers and cheese sauce? Sounds like a recipe for stellar chili cheese custard buns. Fill a few puffs with cocktail sausage ahead of time so that when your guests arrive, they just need to fill little pockets with the sauces of their choice. Load up the plate and get ready to scream some sports.