The best part? You'll only need four ingredients (and a handful of toothpicks!) to pull together these smoky, salty-sweet treats. These Maple-Bacon Smokies are an inexpensive and oh-so-popular recipe, especially during the holidays. Southerners love sausage balls, cheese straws, and cocktail meatballs – and anything wrapped in bacon. We applaud those hostesses who take the time to craft small pastries of quiche, asparagus, and goat cheese – but as we gather around to celebrate the season together, it tends to be the same few dishes that fly off the appetizer table. Rol viršla is a very popular type of fast food in Serbia.It wouldn't be a Southern soiree without a few token appetizers on the party table. In Serbia, the dish has a name rol viršla ( lit. In Russia, the dish is named Сосиска в тесте (Sosiska v teste, 'sausage in dough'). It is frequently sold as a charity fundraiser. In New Zealand a 'pig in a blanket' is a sausage wrapped in a slice of bread, often with onions and/or sauce added. In the rest of the country the saucijzenbroodje is more common, with a pastry dough and a shape more like a rectangle. In the Netherlands, especially in the province of North Brabant a sausage or sausage meat in bread dough is known as a worstenbroodje, which means 'sausage bread'. The name salchitaco (sausage taco) comes from the fusion of the words salchicha (sausage) and taco. In Mexico, the sausage is wrapped in a tortilla and deep fried in vegetable oil. In Italy, Rollò con würstel is a street food found in Palermo, Sicily made of brioche dough and wurstel. In Israel, Moshe Ba'Teiva ( Moses in the basket) is a children's dish consisting of a kosher hot dog rolled in a sheet of puff pastry and baked. In Hong Kong, a sausage wrapped in pastry is called cheung jai baau (腸仔包, lit. The German Würstchen im Schlafrock ('sausage in a dressing gown') uses sausages wrapped in puff pastry or, more rarely, pancakes. In Finland, sausages in pastry are known as nakkipiilo ( lit. In Estonia, they are referred to as viineripirukas, which means 'sausage pastry'. In Denmark, American-style pigs in a blanket are known as pølsehorn, meaning 'sausage horns'. The name is a reference to the bread's similarity to a baguette. In Denmark and in Sweden, a hot dog wrapped in bread is called a fransk hot dog ( lit. The name can also refer to a Czech-American dish, klobasnek, a sausage in kolach dough.

'hot dog bun') and is steamed rather than baked. In China, a Chinese sausage wrapped in pastry is called là cháng bāo (腊肠包, lit. It's known as enroladinho de salsicha, which means something like 'sausage roll', and it's both a fast food and a snack. In Brazil, the sausage is wrapped in bread-like dough, then baked. Historically it was a sausage or sausage meat in bread dough, replaced nowadays with puff pastry. In Belgium, this is a traditional dish from the city of Namur, where it is called avisance. In Argentina, the sausage is topped with ketchup and then wrapped in empanada dough and baked. The cuisines of a number of countries have similar dishes under a variety of names. Serving Ī sausage bun ( cheung jai baau) from Hong Kong This dish in Texas is most commonly referred to as 'kolache', although traditional Czech-style kolaches are a sweet dish, not a savory dish. The meat or savory part, often a sausage but not always, is wrapped in kolache dough and not croissant dough. In Texas, kolaches or klobasneks are a similar dish which originates from Czech immigrants. The larger variety is served as a quick and easy main course or a light meal (particularly for children) at lunch or supper while the smaller version is served as an appetizer. Pancake dough is also sometimes used, although this combination is more commonly served like a corn dog and sold as a pancake on a stick.

The dough is sometimes homemade, but canned dough is most common. The modern version can be traced back to at least 1940, when a US Army cookbook lists 'Pork Sausage Links (Pigs) in Blankets'. American cookbooks from the 1800s have recipes for 'little pigs in blankets', but this is a rather different dish of oysters rolled in bacon similar to angels on horseback. In the United States the term 'pigs in a blanket' typically refers to hot dogs in croissant dough, but may include Vienna sausages, cocktail or breakfast/link sausages baked inside biscuit dough or croissant dough. The similarity in name with that of the UK dish pigs in blankets, which is a sausage wrapped in bacon, sometimes causes confusion. Pigs in a blanket In the United States is a small hot dog or other sausage wrapped in pastry similar to a 'sausage roll' in the UK, it is commonly served as an appetizer in the United States.

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