Garlic fingers (French: Doigts à l'ail) known also as garlic cheese fingers are an
Atlantic Canadian
Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (french: provinces de l'Atlantique), is the list of regions of Canada, region of Eastern Canada comprising the provinces and territories of Canada, provinces located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atla ...
dish, similar to a
pizza in shape and size and made with the same type of
dough
Dough is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops. Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes yeast or other leavenin ...
. Instead of being cut in triangular slices, they are presented in thin strips, or "fingers".
Instead of the traditional
tomato sauce
Tomato sauce (also known as ''salsa roja'' in Spanish or ''salsa di pomodoro'' in Italian) can refer to many different sauces made primarily from tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish, rather than as a condiment. Tomato sauces are c ...
and toppings of a pizza, garlic fingers consist of pizza dough topped with
garlic butter
Garlic butter, also known as ''beurre à la bourguignonne'', is a compound butter used as a flavoring for many dishes or as a condiment.'' Larousse Gastronomique'' (1961), Crown Publishers(''Translated from the French, Librairie Larousse, Pari ...
,
parsley, and
cheese, which is cooked until the cheese is melted.
Bacon bits
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato san ...
are also sometimes added.
Garlic fingers are often eaten as a side dish with pizza, and dipped in
donair sauce or
marinara sauce.
Wisconsin-style cheese fries
In central Wisconsin and some other parts of the state, a similar dish is served, consisting of a pizza-like, typically thin crust topped with cheese and garlic butter or a garlic-butter-like mixture. It is cut into strips and often accompanied with marinara sauce.
Called
cheese fries and sometimes pizza fries or Italian fries, they are sold both in restaurants and in the frozen foods section of supermarkets.
See also
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List of garlic dishes
This is a list of garlic dishes, comprising dishes and foods that use garlic as a main ingredient. Garlic is a species in the onion genus, ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and '' Chinese onion''. Garlic i ...
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Acadian cuisine
Acadian cuisine (french: Cuisine acadienne) comprises the traditional dishes of the Acadian people. It is primarily seen in the present-day cultural region of Acadia. Acadian cuisine has been influenced by the Deportation of the Acadians, proxi ...
References
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Cuisine of Atlantic Canada
Pizza varieties
Garlic dishes