Uncle Moishe's Not Quite Kosher Surf n Turf
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INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 15
- Servings: 6 (4 pieces per serving)
- Preparation Time: 5
- 2 Hot Dogs
- 3 slices Bacon
- 4 slices white bread
- 3 pieces Gefilte Fish
- 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish with beets
DIRECTIONS
- Directions:
- 1. Wrap each hot dog in 1 slice of bacon and grill in a sauté pan set over medium heat 1-2 minutes per side, or until bacon is crisp. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
- 2. Chop the 3rd slice of bacon and add it to the sauté pan. Cook til crispy. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
- 3. Slice each bacon wrapped hot dog into 12 coins.
- 4. Using a cookie cutter, drinking glass, or whatever you have on hand (I used a ½ teaspoon measuring spoon) that is roughly the same size as the hot dog coins, cut each piece of bread into 6 coins, avoiding the crusts. Dip the coins in the rendered bacon grease and toast in the toaster oven (or regular oven) until beautifully browned. (5-6 minutes).
- 5. Slice each piece of gefilte fish into 8 thin coins and use the same cutting tool to make coins the same size as the hot dogs and bread.
- 6. Sauté the gefilte fish coins in the bacon fat til beautifully browned. (about 1-2 minutes per side)
- To Assemble:
- Place 1 hot dog coin on top of each crostini. Top the hot dog with 1 piece of sautéed gefilte fish and top with a dollop of the prepared horseradish and a bit of the crumbled bacon. Serve hot.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
Growing up in a Jewish family, Christmas was never something that we got to experience. So when, as an adult, I fell in love with (and am still with today) a "shagitz" (Yiddish for non-Jewish man), I jumped head first into the holiday! And one of the traditions I enjoy most is sitting in the blistering cold (for Los Angeles), watching the Hollywood Christmas Parade, while munching on a street vendor's bacon wrapped hot dog. A few years ago, when Chanukah and Christmas landed on the very same day, I decided to create this dish, as an homage to the melting pot that has become my family. Every time I make it, the miles between my parents, sister and me just melt away.