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Pigs in blankets sausage rolls

Name: Pigs in blankets sausage rolls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 320g sheet of ready-rolled shortcrust pastry; 2-3 tsp cranberry sauce, plus extra for dipping; 4 outdoor-reared smoked streaky bacon rashers; 12 uncooked cocktail sausages; 1 egg, beaten

By: Sophie Austen-Smith
Former deputy food editor, delicious.

Published: 24 Nov 20
Updated: 18 Mar 24

What do you get if you cross pigs in blankets with sausage rolls? These Christmassy sausage-and-bacon puff-pastry bites, which make ideal canapés. They’re quick to make, require just 5 ingredients and are extremely moreish (you have been warned…)

Or, for a meatier mouthful, make this giant sausage roll to slice and share.

Easy
December 2020

Test kitchen approved

Makes 12
Hands-on time 20 min, oven time 30-35 min, plus chilling

Or, for a meatier mouthful, make this giant sausage roll to slice and share.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 194kcals
Fat: 13g fat (4.8g saturated)
Protein: 5.6g protein
Carbohydrates: 13g carbs (2.2g sugars)
Fibre: 1.1g fibre
Salt: 0.5g salt

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Ingredients

320g sheet of ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
2-3 tsp cranberry sauce, plus extra for dipping
4 outdoor-reared smoked streaky bacon rashers
12 uncooked cocktail sausages
1 egg, beaten

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Method

Unroll the puff pastry and, still on its paper lining, roll it out slightly wider and longer. Cut 3 lines lengthways to make 4 even strips of pastry. Divide each strip into 3 even pieces. Put a dot of cranberry sauce in the centre of each piece of pastry, then cut each bacon rasher into 3 pieces and use them to top the cranberry dots.
Put one cocktail sausage crossways on each piece of bacon, then roll up the pastry so the ends just overlap. Trim off and reserve any offcuts. Put the seams underneath, then brush all over with the beaten egg and put on a baking sheet lined with compostable baking paper. Shape the offcuts into decorations, if you like, secure with more beaten egg, then chill for 20
minutes.
Bake at 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6 for 30-35 minutes until golden and puffed, then serve with extra cranberry sauce.