How to Make Paper Hats for a Crown Roast
As you prepare a delectable crown roast for a special dinner, do not neglect the final presentation of your roast. Protect the rib bones that extend out of the roast and give your crown roast a beautiful finishing touch by adding paper hats (bone booties) to the tops of the rib bones. Often a helpful butcher will give you bone booties when you purchase your crown roast; however, you can also make your own using plain white paper instead. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Draw a 3.5 by 11-inch rectangle onto the white paper. Cut out the rectangle with the scissors.
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Fold the rectangle in half lengthwise but do not crease the fold.
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Grasp the folded rectangle on the long cut edges and make slits along the entire folded edge of the paper with the scissors. Space the slits ¼-inch apart and make the slits approximately 1 inch long into the folded paper.
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Fold the cut edges of the folded rectangle up 1/2-inch and crease this fold.
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Wrap the prepared rectangle around the end of a rib bone loosely with the fold to the inside facing the rib bone. Note where the paper overlaps and cut off the excess paper to leave ½-inch of overlapped paper.
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Tape the ends of the overlapped paper around the rib bone.
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Wrap the remaining paper around another rib bone, cut it off and tape it in similar fashion.
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Make additional rectangles to cover each exposed rib bone with a paper hat.
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