There are thousands of recipes that involve wrapping up food. This Blog will give new recipes on a regular basis from around the world.
In the US Crepes are thought purely French, and of course French crepes are delicious. The Classic French Crepe Suzette used to be a popular formal desert, though less commoon now. Everyone seems to know about “crepes” – or do they? However, crepes are legion throughout the world. Crepes are made throughout Europe, Eastern Europe,…
The history of sausage rolls goes back centuries. Meat was wrapped in dough as far back as the ancient Romans and Greeks. However, “sausage rolls” per se didn’t come into existence until the 19th century in France (although other countries have claimed to design the sausage rolls first). The first published mention of the sausage…
Kalakukko is a classic Finnish dish, from the region of Savonia in Finnland. It is basically fish wrapped in bread. This dish is very unusual to a US palate. It is a bit time consuming, but results in a very interesting dish that your guests, if they love fish, will enjoy. The combination of the…
These delicious rolls are a great appetizer. Serve only one or at most two as they are very filling. I do like eggplant, especially the Asian eggplants (Chinese eggplants). These are a nice violet color, thinner and in my opinion not as bitter and better tasting. The bitterness can be combated using the salting method…
There are a number of different variations in cookbooks and on the Internet for this recipe. The following is a fairly “classic” version. I have added the Panko as it gives a very good crunch. What to serve with the Scotch Egg is something of a controversy. One author suggested, “A truly great scotch egg…
There are delicious, tart (from the apples), cheesy (from the blue cheese) and savory from the other added ingredients. They are small bite sized pieces that work great for a party or a Tailgate! The picture above is filling the tartlets with a scoop of filling, but leaving them in the original plastic container to…
There were 8 of us on this beautiful 28th day of October. We had tickets for Keeneland, and did our very first Keeneland Tailgate early that day. We had 4 cars back to back, and loads of great food. In the picture above and below, my sister is in the middle, note the hat! In…
Recently we had schedule a tailgate on the Hill (see “A Tailgate at Keeneland” on this site) the last day of the fall Keeneland races. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate. Being on the Hill, would have been a wet, muddy slog .. so we choose to do our “tailgate” indoors. Everyone brought a dish, and…
This is a delicious dish and easy to make. Tie these up with cotton cotton twine and use as much as you need to tie them well. This works much better than toothpicks in my opinion. The addition of both the sundried tomatoes and tomato paste give extra sweetness and taste. Butterflying these breasts needs…
It has been claimed that determining the exact origin of any tamale is almost impossible, especially due to its extensive and quick spread throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean. However, in Michoacán, the Uchepos is held firmly to have originated in that area of Mexico. This isn’t a “dessert”, although it is sweet,…