I was trying to come up with inspiration for my friends Halloween party. I wanted to make something ghoulish and savoury to take. I stumbled upon a ladies website which showed you how to make intestines. Fantastic and brilliant, saved my aching brain.
I must say this is so easy to make, the only thing I need to perfect is what filling to go in it. The lady said Guacamole but I thought that this might be a bit bland and I went for Brie and Cranberry. Unfortunately (although still very nice) I put in too much cranberry sauce and not enough brie and so it turned out to be sweet rather than the desired savoury. I could even try putting in a stronger cheese which might help. You could also do these with maybe cheese and ham or even sausage meat but this party there were mainly vegetarians and so I went for the no meat option.
All you need is one pack of ready made puff pastry made into a long strip; add the filling of your choice, leaving enough space around the edges to pinch the pastry together. Once pastry is laid out and filling is in places brush the space around the edges with a beaten egg and pinch together the pastry. Then place on to a baking tray or pan which is lined with baking paper, put the intestines pinched edges down and shape to make the intestines. Then take red food colouring with a drop of blue in it to get the right shade and use a thin small paint brush to paint on the blood. I didn’t have a brush handy so used a wooden skewer.
Here is how they turned out:
I also made Mozzarella eyeballs, these were meant to be made with mozzarella pearls but annoyingly they had sold out of them in Bridgend Tesco all week and there were none in Asda, Aldi or Lidl!!! I had to make do with large mozzarella. Then non Halloween really a lovely Tortilla, yum yum.
I must say this is so easy to make, the only thing I need to perfect is what filling to go in it. The lady said Guacamole but I thought that this might be a bit bland and I went for Brie and Cranberry. Unfortunately (although still very nice) I put in too much cranberry sauce and not enough brie and so it turned out to be sweet rather than the desired savoury. I could even try putting in a stronger cheese which might help. You could also do these with maybe cheese and ham or even sausage meat but this party there were mainly vegetarians and so I went for the no meat option.
All you need is one pack of ready made puff pastry made into a long strip; add the filling of your choice, leaving enough space around the edges to pinch the pastry together. Once pastry is laid out and filling is in places brush the space around the edges with a beaten egg and pinch together the pastry. Then place on to a baking tray or pan which is lined with baking paper, put the intestines pinched edges down and shape to make the intestines. Then take red food colouring with a drop of blue in it to get the right shade and use a thin small paint brush to paint on the blood. I didn’t have a brush handy so used a wooden skewer.
Here is how they turned out:
I also made Mozzarella eyeballs, these were meant to be made with mozzarella pearls but annoyingly they had sold out of them in Bridgend Tesco all week and there were none in Asda, Aldi or Lidl!!! I had to make do with large mozzarella. Then non Halloween really a lovely Tortilla, yum yum.
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