Pigs-in-blankets Christmas stuffing balls

Quick Christmas recipe for 6 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has sage & onion stuffing mix, sausagemeat, chestnuts, cranberries and smoked streaky bacon.

Pigs-in-blankets Christmas stuffing balls

Pigs-in-blankets Christmas stuffing balls

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Quick Christmas
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Sausagemeat: 300g sausagemeat
  • Chestnuts: 90g cooked chestnuts, chopped
  • Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix: 85g pack sage & onion stuffing mix
  • Cranberries: 50g dried cranberries
  • Smoked Streaky Bacon: 12 rashers smoked streaky bacon or pancetta

Directions

  1. Put the stuffing mix in abowland pour over 150ml boiling water. Leave the mix to absorb. When cool, add the sausagemeat, chestnuts and cranberries and bring everything together with your hands. Cut each rasher of bacon in half lengthways so you get 24 long strips of bacon.
  2. Cross two bacon strips, then roll a walnut-sized ball of the stuffing mix and sit it on the cross. Wrap the stuffing in the bacon and sit on a lightly oiledbaking tray, cross-side up. Repeat to make 12 stuffing balls.Can be made up to two days ahead and chilled.Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and roast the stuffing balls for 25-30 mins until the bacon is crisp and the stuffing is cooked.