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Pigs in Bacon Blankets

Sun, 24 April 2022

Pigs in Bacon Blankets

 Ingredients                                                                                                                                                                                 

454g           Cooked Pork Sausages (cooled) 10 to the pound or 28 to the pound for chipolata's                

10-14         Smoked Streaky Rashers                                                                                                                                  

1                  Rosemary Sprigs, roughly picked                                                                                                        

                   Flaked Sea Salt                                                                                                                                                

                   Cracked Black Pepper                                                                                                                  

                   Splash of cooking oil                                                                                                                                    

                                        

                    Method     

1                  Fry off the sausages in cooking oil until browned and cooked, then cool

2                  Preheat the oven to 200?C. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment.

3                  Wrap each sausage with a rasher of bacon (half a rasher if you are using the small ones) and secure with a tooth pick

4                  Spread out on the baking parchment, season with salt, pepper and rosemary.        

5                  Bake for about 20 - 25 minutes until golden.              

                                         

 Smoked Cheesy Pigs in Pastry Blankets (Makes 12)          

                                         

                    Ingredients                                                                                                                                                          

6 Only       Smoked Cheese Kielbasa Sausage, topped and tailed and halved                                                   

1 tbsp.       Sesame Seeds                                                                                                                                       

1tbsp.        Sea Salt Flakes                                                                                                                                           

1                  Egg                                                                                                                                                                          

25ml           Milk                                                                                                                                                                         

1 pack       Puff pastry 375g                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                   Method     

1                  Preheat the oven to 180?C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and set aside.  

2                  Roll out a thawed puff pastry sheet and cut it in 12 equal squares, using a knife or a pizza cutter.          

3                  Beat the egg and milk together.                  

4                  Dab a little of the egg wash on opposite sides of the pastry. Place half a sausage in each square & roll over                      

5                  Crimp closed with a fork as demonstrated to form a blanket over the sausage.         

6                  Now brush the egg wash over the top of all of the pastry parcels.             

7                  Sprinkle the top of the pastry with sesame seeds and salt.      

8                  Bake at 180°C for 20-25 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown in colour.        

9                  Serve warm with a side of quality ketchup & homemade sweet mustard

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