Sweet pigs in blankets

[PaulDavidSumner]

'Pigs in blankets' is most commonly used to refer to sausage rolls, sausage wrapped in bacon etc., but my gf and me remember a sweet version, that was a dessert rather than made with meat. I think it contained stuff like raisins, and as a child I remember seeing it in an old version of the Be-Ro cook book (although it's not in the more recent version I currently have).

Does this ring a bell with anyone and do you have the recipe handy?

[Stonehead]

We used to make this when I was in the Scouts. I can't remember the exact recipe, but it was a soda bread-type dough rolled (or pushed) out flat, then a line of raisin mixture was laid down on the dough, and the dough was then rolled around the raisin mixture. It was then baked in a dutch oven in the coals.

The recipe would have been something like:

SR flour (or plain flower with baking powder)
Butter, lard or shortening
Sugar
Pinch of salt
A little milk or water
Raisins or other dried fruit
Rum (to soak the raisins in)
Grated apple
Cinnamon

Sift the flour, salt and sugar together, then rub in the butter. Add just enough flour to make a stiff dough. Then roll out into a long rectangular strip.

Soak the raisins in the rum for a couple of hours, then combine with the grated apple and cinnamon.

Place the raisin mixture along the centre of the dough, then roll the dough up around the mix.

Bake in an oven preheated to 180C for 20-25 minutes depending on the thickness of the dough.

NOTE: This is not an accurate recipe, but a rough guide that you'd have to fine tune considerably. If I have time in the next few days, I'll see if I can get it too work but no promises - we've had a near fire here after our barley overheated and was on the verge of spontaneously combusting so we have our hands full.

[Thurston Garden]

Rum soaked raisins in the Scouts? Was this the same Scouts I was in?

[Stonehead]

Rum soaked raisins in the Scouts? Was this the same Scouts I was in?

Aussie Scouts! Unlike Pommie Scouts, we were all gourmet chefs... Really!