One year as we were getting ready to go camping at a sca event, my partner and I realized that we needed snacks and something easy to shove at our drunk friends to sponge up all the decisions being made. So! What did we have in the kitchen that could be used that wasn’t already destined to go in a cooler? What would be better the next day and survive being shoved in a basket and driven to a hot medieval event??
Hamdingers
- One Tin pressurized flaky biscuits
- Deli Turkey (or ham, naturally!)
- Provolone or Gouda
- Chopped cooked bacon (optional)
- Diced cooked onion & peppers (optional)
- Whole grain mustard (optional)
- Sesame seeds etc for garnish
This recipe is very basic, please switch out ingredients to your taste. The above is just my favorite and I think it’s really nice.
Open up your tin of those pressurized biscuits. I suck at this because I’ve got nerve damage and can’t actuallt open it with a spoon on the seam the way it wants me to… so for a treat, Do Like I Do and peel the wrapper off and beat that sucker on the edge of the counter till it blows open and frightens the cat. Or make someone help.
Now separate out the biscuits and gently split them open like envelopes so that the biscuit still has a connected spine; letting them come all the way open is okay but we are going to stuff them, so the less you have to open them, the better.
Take a little deli meat and a little cheese and any extras and gently stuff the packet. I like to cube some Provolone so that one cube goes into each hamdinger. Extra fillings are up to you!
I shred the turkey or chop it up and mix it with any cooked onions or cooked bacon that I have and poke it in with the cheese. A tiny spoon of whole grain mustard is also good, especially if you dont have any cooked onions or don’t like them. Just don’t overstuff!
Gently close the seams of the biscuit around the edges. Some cheese might leak out, its okay. This is a very lazy recipe so we’re gonna be cool with it. Actually if you mix parm in with whatever melty cheese you have on hand it makes the meltout better.
To make them cute I then top them with sesame seeds like hamburger buns. Making them cute is like half the point. I’ve also used a mix like I was making everything bagels and that was good. You could put parmesan on top. Just garnish it a little with something good.
Cook according to the biscuit package directions. I use parchment paper under them.
These absolutely need to cool all the way down on a rack after baking. There’s a lot of moisture in the stuffing that has to evaporate or they will get soggy
They’re good warm but we found that they’re especially good the next day, and with yellow mustard. I usually make ham ones for my friends and turkey ones for me.
I hope you like our lazy little recipe! It’s nice for camping and hiking and making your drunk friends eat so they sit down and drink some dang old water. cheers!