pigs in a blanket?

Question

probably stupid question....i am making pigs in a blanket with whole, big hotdogs. do i cook them before i wrap the crescent roll around them?

Answer 1

no, just wrap them and cook the whole thing;

Answer 2

If your using hotdogs, No. Here's a bit of history on Pigs
in blankets

Pigs in a Blanket was originally pork and rice inside cooked cabbage leaves, a German meal called "Schweine in einer Decke." Cooks in the British Isles adapted the idea, using a form of processed meat called a chipolata sausage (a sort of 17th Century hot dog) to make a dish which was essentially a sausage wrapped first in a piece of bacon, and then in pastry dough, and baked.

In the UK
In British cuisine, pigs in blankets are chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon (streaky bacon is most common). These are cooked in the oven along with roast chicken or turkey and served as an accompaniment to these dishes, often as part of a Sunday dinner or Christmas dinner. At Christmas time, supermarkets sometimes sell prepared versions.

In the USA
In the United States, the term Pigs in a Blanket refers to hot dogs, Vienna sausages, or link sausages wrapped in biscuit dough or crescent-roll dough , and baked. A common variation is to slit the hot dog or sausage and stuff it with cheese before wrapping in dough. The dough is sometimes homemade, but canned dough is most common.

They are somewhat similar to a sausage roll or (by more extreme extension) a baked corn dog. They are served as an hors d'oeuvre or as a children's food, or sometimes as a breakfast food, with syrup on the side.

A "Pig in a Pig" variation, a baked hors d'ouvre of Vienna sausages or hot dog pieces in bacon, also exists in informal US cuisine.

In some parts of the country the name can also refer to a breakfast dish of a sausage wrapped in a pancake or sometimes just in squishy bread.

Answer 3

When u make the pigs in a blanket, the sausage or hot dog is supposed to be raw. When you form the batter around the hot dog, mak a few slits so that heat can get in and out. With the continues movement of heat, the hot dogs cook themselves.

Answer 4

I think most are already cooked. If it makes you nervous though you could fry them up a little and then wrap them up in the dough and cook them.

Answer 5

No I wouldn't, just cook slower on a lower heat so the sausage will cook through.

Answer 6

a pig in blanket is a chipolata sausage wrapped in streaky bacon , dont know what you are making

Answer 7

pigs in blanket is a small SOS wrapped by streaky bacon, you definitely don't use hot dogs

Answer 8

They should have already been cooked, they'll just probably warn up while the cresents are cooking.

Answer 9

slap the bacon round before hand....

Answer 10

no, they are already cooked