Funny Halloween mummies

Published Friday, October 23, 2020

Funny Halloween mummies

By Melissa Pette

We continue preparing easy and fun recipes to celebrate the darkest night of the year within our social bubble.

It is my pleasure to share Mahealani Kihei's funny mummies sausage recipe.

Mehealani authorized me to tell you a bit about her story of visiting Costa Rica. She lives in the community of Waiʻanae, in Honolulu County, Hawaii. She first visited Costa Rica more than ten years ago, when "my husband and we crossed half the planet to attend my stepson's wedding in Costa Rica," she tells us.

From that first trip, she and her husband fell in love with Costa Rica. That has happened to all of us, hasn't it?

Mahealani tells us that she is looking forward to the Christmas season to come, as every year she visits her grandchildren during the holidays. In the meantime, she shares her delicious recipe. I am sure these mummies will be a sensation for your Halloween table.

I would like to remind you that an adult must help the kids with the oven.

Let's go to the kitchen!

Halloween mummies

By Mahealani Kihei
From Waiʻanae, Honolulu County, Hawaii

For 12 servings, the ingredients you need are:

• 12 sausages

• 1 cup of flour

• 2 eggs

• 2 tablespoons vegetable (or sunflower) oil

• 1 cup of water

• 1 teaspoon salt

• aluminum foil

• ketchup

The dough. In a bowl, add one egg, oil and stir a little. We save the other egg for later.

Then add a pinch of salt and half of the flour. Stir. Then add the rest of the flour and stir to integrate all the ingredients and make the dough.

On the table, we knead the dough for 5 minutes. Make sure there are no flour residues in the dough.

Put the dough in a container and cover it. We let the dough rest for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, we are going to form sausages in small human bodies. With a sharp knife, make a cut from the center down (imagine that you are making two legs). Then on the half part of the top of the sausage make two cuts, one on each side. Imagine that you are forming the arms. Then, form a letter X on top of the sausage. Imagine you are making the two dead mummy eyes.

Look at the picture of the sausage to get an idea of how to properly cut it.

Now, split the dough into 12 little balls. Stretch each ball rolling with your hands. We do the same with the rest of the balls until we have 12 thin strips.

Dip the sausages in the water, so dough strips stick easier.

Roll the strips of dough around the sausage. Imagine the mummy bandages. Roll up the legs, arms and head. Do not cover the eyes that we did previously.

Cover the baking sheet (or tray) with aluminum foil. Aluminum will help to apply the heat in a more uniform way in the dough and also avoid the mummy's stick to the tray.

Remember we saved an egg? Beat the egg and with the help of a kitchen brush or a fork, spread a little bit of egg on the sausages. Just a bit.

Place the mummies on the tray and bake at 200 ° C or 392 ° F for 10 minutes. Our mummies bake quickly, so be careful not to burn them.

And voila! we have made delicious mummies. If you like, spread drops of ketchup to make bloody mummies.

These mummies will be a show on your table! You should not miss this recipe.

Thank y'all for reading this column for having taken the time to write, share your stories and of course your recipes.

And for those who missed last week's spooky recipe, all published recipes can be found at the Food page for AM Costa Rica.

Pura Vida and Salud!

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