Homemade Party Appetizer
- 2-23 ounces, weight Flour, All Purpose
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 1- 1/4 ounces, weight Butter, Chilled
- 1/4 whole Egg Yolk, Beaten
- 2 tablespoons, 1 teaspoon, 1-58 pinches Water Cooled
- 12 whole Chicken Or Similar Veggie Or Fish Nuggets (can Be Purchased From The Grocery Store)
- Sift the flour.
- Place the flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Mix.
- Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Next add approximately 1/4 of the beaten egg yolk and also add the water.
- Mix well your hands.
- Try to work quickly.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 10 -15 minutes.
- Now take the chilled dough and roll out into a 10 inch square that is about 1/8 inch thick, using a rolling pin.
- Next prepare the nuggets as per the packet instructions.
- (I used homemade cutlets).
- Let cool.
- Next cut the dough.
- You need two dough cutters one beak/ head/neck shaped cutter and one wings shaped cutter.
- If you dont have cutters draw a shape on a piece of paper and cut it out .
- Place the pattern on top of the dough and cut it out with a sharp knife.
- Youll need to cut out 12 beak/head/neck shapes and 24 wings.
- Next place them on a greased baking tray and bake about 7 minutes at 180 C degrees or until the crust is light brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- You are ready to decorate.
- Make three holes in the nuggets using a toothpick.
- Then stick in the wings and neck, pressing down to seal.
- Ive done this in the photo above.
- After that, you can decorate the duck shaped appetizer with eyes and mouth/beak.
- Ive done so in the photo using food coloring for the eyes and mouth/beak.
- Enjoy.
weight flour, salt, weight butter, egg, water, chicken
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/homemade-party-appetizer/ (may not work)