The Best Pigs-in-Blankets

Name: The Best Pigs-in-Blankets
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1kg Italian Pork Sausages; 500g high quality streaky bacon (we’d recommend Iberico bacon); 75ml maple syrup; ½ teaspoon chilli flakes; Sage leaves & a drizzle of olive oil, to garnish

Bex Blundy

Servings

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

25 minutes

This elevated pigs-in-blanket recipe takes juicy Italian sausages, wraps them in high quality smoked streaky bacon and finishes them with crispy sage leaves and a chilli maple glaze. They're a favourite item on most Christmas dinner tables, but our ones might be the very best you've ever tried.

Crispy pigs-in-blankets with sage leaves

Ingredients

1kg Italian Pork Sausages
500g high quality streaky bacon (we’d recommend Iberico bacon)
75ml maple syrup
½ teaspoon chilli flakes
Sage leaves & a drizzle of olive oil, to garnish

Directions

Preheat the oven: to 200°C
Prepare the sausages: Wrap each of the sausages in a slice of bacon.
Roast the sausages: Roast for 18 mins
Add the syrup: Remove from the oven, drain off any excess fat, drizzle over the maple syrup and add the chilli flakes chilli flakes. Shake the tray to fully coat the sausages, the roast for another 7 minutes.
Make the crispy sage garnish: Heat some oil in a pan and add sage leaves. Leave untouched over low heat for 3 mins, or until the sage leaves smell herbal and feel crispy. Leave them aside on a plate to cool and finish crisping.
Serve the pigs-in-blankets with the crispy sage leaves as a garnish.