Thursday, January 3, 2013

Cheese and bacon rolls



One of my favorite meals at the tuckshop in high school was bacon rolls - they were hot dog rolls, with bits of bacon cooked in mango atchar, topped with cheese. These look like they come close to this - and like they're both delicious and freezable. I found them on a couple of Australian websites - Big Oven and Kidspot.com.

Dough:
2 1/2 cups of self raising flour
2 cups of plain yoghurt

Mix them together, and knead for about 5 minutes until properly mixed. If the dough seems too gooey, add a bit of flour.

Then:
Roll out the dough into a rectangle.
Cook a pack of bacon bits until they're crispy, and spread out evenly over the dough.
Sprinkle as much grated cheese as is decent (because you can never have too much cheese) over the bacon - one of the recipes suggests three cups of mozzarella. I reckon a mix of mozzarella and cheddar, or even emmenthaler, would work.
Start rolling the dough rectangle up, from the long side.
When you're done, cut 2cm pieces off, and lay them out on a greased baking tray.
Bake them at 180 degrees for around 20 minutes, until they're looking and smelling fabulous.

You could also spread cheese and Marmite on the dough before baking. or tomato paste and cheese, or olive tapenade and parmesan for a more grown up snack. Or do a half-and-half of different fillings, so that you get double the variety for half the effort... The options are endless, I reckon.

This looks like a recipe that could be frozen for a week or two, so make a batch on a Sunday, and send the first samples to school on Monday. Freeze the rest separately, and haul them out as you're ready to ring the changes.

I made these for supper the other night, and served them with a salad. The recipe makes around 14 rolls, and my boys were thrilled at the thought of having them in their lunch boxes!

(I edited this post on 7 Jan 2013, after I made the rolls for the first time) 

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