The English Bulldog is a former menu item at Rose & Crown in EPCOT, at Walt Disney World. I was never able to get one as I read about it on the Disney Food Blog after it had been taken off the menu. Once I did read about this concoction I knew I had to try and make my own. I figure with spring finally here, summer fast approaching and baseball season starting (now that the Red Wings are out of the playoffs) I can start grilling dogs and burgers and blogging about them. As you can see above the English Bulldog is a "Split Banger," topped with mashed potatoes, Bacon, Cheddar cheese and spicy mustard. I used a sliced dinner dog and a standard hot dog bun. Do to time constraints I used Idahoan instant mashed potatoes, but they worked perfect for this. Quick to make and taste pretty good. I put together the dog, bun, taters, and cheese and placed it under the broiler just to melt the cheese. I then took my extra crispy bacon that I baked in the oven and broke it up over the top. A little spicy brown mustard on top and it was complete. To make this a full meal (actually the bulldog itself probably could be a meal) I baked up some frozen fries and made a quick garlic paprika aioli, this actually stole the show.
The English Bulldog was everything I expected. A good snap from the dog itself, a crunch from the bacon and the buttery smooth taste of the mashed potatoes could all be tasted, however the spicy mustard did over power everything else. I may use less of it or leave it off all together next time. Now the fries were a classic frozen french fries so nothing real special there, I'll make my own next time. However, the garlic paprika Aioli was outstanding. I added a little extra garlic as my wife and I both love garlic. The smooth garlic flavor with a little bit of spice was perfect to take subpar fries to the next level and make it worth gobbling them up. We both agreed that the aioli would be great on sandwiches and will be made often in the future.
Overall I love the concept and will go back to this for future meals.
If you want the aioli recipe just send me message.
Thanks for reading.
The English Bulldog was everything I expected. A good snap from the dog itself, a crunch from the bacon and the buttery smooth taste of the mashed potatoes could all be tasted, however the spicy mustard did over power everything else. I may use less of it or leave it off all together next time. Now the fries were a classic frozen french fries so nothing real special there, I'll make my own next time. However, the garlic paprika Aioli was outstanding. I added a little extra garlic as my wife and I both love garlic. The smooth garlic flavor with a little bit of spice was perfect to take subpar fries to the next level and make it worth gobbling them up. We both agreed that the aioli would be great on sandwiches and will be made often in the future.
Overall I love the concept and will go back to this for future meals.
If you want the aioli recipe just send me message.
Thanks for reading.