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Pigs in blanket stuffing balls recipe

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Save on time and oven space with our pigs in blanket stuffing balls recipe filled with sausage meat, breadcrumbs, dried cranberries, herbs and cranberry sauce, wrapped in delicious bacon rashers. Always a favourite over the Christmas period with no messy prep, simply cook from frozen taking the stress out of the busy day. See method

Serves 12
Takes 50 mins
195 calories / serving
Freezable
Dairy-free

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
375g pack sausage meat (from a pack or squeezed from skins)
60g bread, blitzed to crumbs
30g dried cranberries
5g fresh sage or parsley leaves, finely chopped
5 tsp cranberry sauce
12 smoked streaky bacon rashers

Each serving contains

Energy
810kj
195kcal 10%
Fat
14g 19%
Saturates
4g 21%
Sugars
5g 6%
Salt
1g 16%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 10.6g Protein 7.2g Fibre 1.1g

Method

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan over a medium heat and fry the onion for 6 mins. Add the garlic and cook for 2 mins. Transfer to a mixing bowl and leave to cool fully. Stir through the sausage meat, breadcrumbs, dried cranberries, herbs and 2 tsp cranberry sauce.
Divide into 12 balls. Halve the bacon rashers widthways and stretch out. Wrap both halves around the balls to make a cross, keeping the ends underneath. Press down to flatten. They can now be refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for 3 months.
To cook, preheat the oven to gas 6, 200˚C, fan 180˚C. Put the stuffing balls on a lightly greased baking tray, drizzle with 1 tbsp oil and bake for 15 mins. Warm 3 tsp cranberry sauce for 20 secs in the microwave, then brush all over the stuffing balls. Return to the oven for 10 mins (15 mins if cooking from frozen) until piping hot in the centre and crisped.

Freezing and defrosting guidelines

Open-freeze spread on a tray for 30 mins until hard, then put in freezer bags. In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.

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