When I saw the recipe for Pig in a Poke, I knew that I had to make it. The name was just perfect. I’m not going to lie, it made me think of National Lampoon’s European Vacation. The entire time I was cooking it, the theme song from the game show at the beginning of the movie was running through my head. Come to think of it, I have that song running through my head right now.
Aside from the funny name, I knew this was
going to be something that I could easily get my husband to eat. Not only did he eat it, he went back for
seconds. The flavor reminded me a bit of
French toast and a bit of toad in the hole.
I served it with a side of diced potatoes to give it more of a breakfast
for dinner feel. The only problem I had
with the recipe was something that was entirely my fault – I opened the oven to
take a look while it was baking and that caused the popover batter to, well,
not popover. Instead, I ended up with
flat popovers but it tasted good all the same.
I will definitely be making this dish again. Next time I promise to keep the oven closed.
Pig in a Poke is very simple to make, though,
it is something of a hybrid recipe – it contains a recipe within a recipe. Both recipes came from the 1956 edition of
the Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook. The
original recipe called for sausage links and I accidentally bought a pound of
regular ground pork so I just formed it into short, fat links and it worked
just as well. Additionally, I did NOT
grease my baking dish as the Pig in a
Poke recipe did not instruct me to do so.
I was conflicted on this as the popover recipe did instruct well-greased
pans. In the end, I decided to stick
with the directions for Pig in a Poke
and mine came out of the pan just fine.
Pig in a
Poke
Serves 6
Ingredients:
·
1 lb pork
sausage links
·
1 recipe
Popover Batter (see below)
Directions:
1.
Preheat oven to 425°F.
2.
Arrange the pork sausage links in an 11x7 inch
oblong baking pan.
3.
Bake Sausage
links in 425°F oven for 10 minutes.
4.
Drain off most
of the fat.
5.
Pour popover
batter over sausages.
6.
Bake in 425°F
oven for 30 minutes.
7.
Cut into
squares, loosen pieces with a spatula and serve hot.
Popovers
Serves 5 –
9 (depending on cup size)
Ingredients:
·
1 cup sifted
flour
·
½ tsp salt
·
1 cup milk
·
2 eggs
Directions:
1.
Preheat oven to 425°F.
2.
Beat all
ingredients together with a rotary beater just until smooth.
**Remaining
steps not used for Pig in a Poke recipe**
3.
Pour into well-greased deep muffin cups (3/4
full) or oven-safe glass cups (1/2 full).
4.
Bake in 425°F oven until golden brown, 40 –
45 minutes.
5.
Serve immediately.
Comment below and let me know about your epic
baking fails!
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