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Step 10Epilogue
I always try to better my recipes after having completed them once. Here are some thoughts I have to better the fruit bats for next time. Feel free to contribute your own ideas!
- Find smaller tomatoes. For some reason, the grape tomatoes at the store this week were HUGE, even larger than the cherry tomatoes! The smaller the tomatoes, the better the final results, I think. AT least the bat won't be losing their guts BEFORE they come out of the oven.
- Get better food coloring options to better match the color of the pie dough to the color of the meatballs. And try, desperately, not to get it all over hands.
-Try a bat-shaped cookie cutter. Cutting out the wings would be much easier, and there's always the option to place the meatballs in the center of the pie dough bat shape for a better, more solid hold. The only down side to this option is the fact that the bats will have to be served lying down.
- Try to find a better alternative for the vegetarian fruit bats. Veggie ground round just doesn't stick together!
Otherwise, I am relatively happy with the results. The bats were tasty, and enjoy by my victims - err - guests.
- Find smaller tomatoes. For some reason, the grape tomatoes at the store this week were HUGE, even larger than the cherry tomatoes! The smaller the tomatoes, the better the final results, I think. AT least the bat won't be losing their guts BEFORE they come out of the oven.
- Get better food coloring options to better match the color of the pie dough to the color of the meatballs. And try, desperately, not to get it all over hands.
-Try a bat-shaped cookie cutter. Cutting out the wings would be much easier, and there's always the option to place the meatballs in the center of the pie dough bat shape for a better, more solid hold. The only down side to this option is the fact that the bats will have to be served lying down.
- Try to find a better alternative for the vegetarian fruit bats. Veggie ground round just doesn't stick together!
Otherwise, I am relatively happy with the results. The bats were tasty, and enjoy by my victims - err - guests.
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I was thinking, for the vegetarian option, falafels might be an easy way to go. They'll have the right colour and texture, and you might be able to get small tomatoes in them if you want.
I like the mottled purple look of the wings. It looks more realistic. : )
I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts!