Little Irish Hog Recipes

HOGS IN BLANKETS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Cook sausage according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, make pancake mix using 2 cups of pancake mix and 1 1/2 cups of milk. You want the pancake to be thinner than normal. They are easier to wrap around the sausage when they are thinner.
• Heat a non-stick griddle.
• Pour a scant 1/4 cup of batter onto the griddle. Make 12 pancakes or however many sausage you have.
• Cook pancakes until golden brown.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool.
• Wrap a pancake around a sausage and place seam side down in a greased baking dish.
• Cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes at 350° or just until heated through.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Serve with syrup.

DOWN HOME CHITTERLINGS

Steps:

• Soak the chitterlings in cold water throughout the cleaning stage. Each chitterling should be examined and run under cold water, all foreign materials should be removed and discarded. Chitterlings should retain some fat, so be careful to leave some on. After each chitterling has been cleaned, soak in two cold water baths for a few minutes. The second water should be clearer. If not, soak in one more bath.
• Place the chitterlings in a 6 quart pot, and fill with cold water. Bring to a boil, then add the onion and season with salt, garlic and red pepper flakes. Be sure the water is at a full boil before adding seasonings, or the chitterlings could become tough. Continue to simmer for 3 to 4 hours, depending on how tender you like them. Serve with spaghetti or turnip greens. Be certain to pass the vinegar and hot sauce.

PIGS IN A BLANKET FOR BIG KIDS....ALSO CALLED HOGS IN A SLEEPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Open the crescent rolls and separate them down the lines into the triangles.
• Cut the sausages in half so you have 8 pieces.
• Start with the tall side of the triangle. Roll the sausage in the crescent dough, tucking the bottom point up when you start to roll. You should finish with the point. My Dad said they looked like they were wrapped up in a sleeping bag -- hence the name he gave them "Hogs in a Sleeping Bag" since it was the big smoked sausage.
• Bake them on a cookie sheet at 375 for 11-13 minutes, or until the crescnet rolls are golden.
• You can serve them with spicy mustard, honey mustard, or barbecue sauce.