Polish Rose Appetizer
Every get together when I was growing up included these two appetizers. I actually forgot about the pickle variety until this Thanksgiving when my sweet Seestor revived them for our pre-dinner snack fest. We’ve never had a name for them. I think we just called them “onion thingys”, or “pickle and ham thingy’s”, cause we are a real classy bunch, and we like to eat lots of thingys.
This summer I brought the onion thingys to a picnic and my girlfriend called them Polish Roses, that was a new one on me. But she is right they do kinda look like roses!
To make these old school appetizers you will need to:
Rinse, and trim onions.
Cut the ends off the onions, trimming them down to approximately 8 inches.
Dry 6 gherkins on paper towel I realize there are only 5 here I ate one. Polka-dot period. End of story well not really I ate about 5.
The key to quick food prep, is…well…is prep. Get your stuff prepped and your life will be easier. The fancy French term is ‘mise en place’. As in Me’s got my stuff in place and I’m ready to go!
Cut each piece of ham in half.
Spread with a thin layer of cream cheese. Cheese will spread easy if it’s room temperature.
Lay onion on ham slice, and roll her up.
Now for the Pickle Thingys.
Same procedure with the ham and cream cheese.
Make the lil gherky comfy.
Roll it up nice and snug.
Slice in half, this gives you a nice “pop in the mouth” size portion.
Polish Roses
This delicious old school appetizer made with simple ingredients is sure to be a hit at any party!
Servings: 24 pieces
Ingredients
- 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature needs to be easily spread
- 12 green onions cleaned, and trimmed to 8"
- 6 sweet gherkins more if they are small
- 9 slices smoked deli ham
Instructions
- Clean, and trim onions. Dry off gherkins on a paper towel. Cut each piece of ham in half.
- Spread a thin layer of cream cheese on each piece of ham. Cheese will spread easier if it’s room temperature.
- Lay onion with on ham slice with green stem hanging out and roll it up. Repeat with all onions. Do the same with the gherkins. Cut gherkin ham rolls in half.
- Place on a platter and serve immediately or keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.
If you are lacking for table space you could stick your roses, sans the water, in a glass. Kind of a fun presentation.
Or a platter works great too!
Enjoy!
Sheila
We call these "hickles" – ham + pickles!
At our house we call them "onion wraps". And I'm Polish and I'm not sure where the "polish" comes from either, maybe b/c Polls like everything picked, hence the pickles??? Love your blog and all your cooking ideas. Keep up the great work.
Polish breath mints is what the Pearces always called them. They are a staple at every get together.
I am the first to try anything with pickles … I'm in!
I don't care what you call these thingy's…I call them GOOD!!
My mom used to make something similar to these when I was little. She used cream cheese (sometimes with a little horseradish mixed in) and rolled it up in dried beef. You've got me craving some! Going to have to try the pickles though…..
We do the pickles but with dill pickles instead.
Same here!
Mmmmmm. now I’m totally craving pickles. And it’s only 9 a.m. 🙂
Merry Merry Christmas to you and your sweet family Sheila!