Pigs in blankets recipes
What bacon-wrapped goodness will you find here? We’ve rounded up our best pigs in blankets recipes for you to choose from.
Pigs in blankets are a Christmas icon. But, there’s more than one way to make and serve them. Pigs in blankets are traditionally sausages wrapped in a bacon ‘blanket’, but you can try other ideas. How about sprouts in blankets – a fun combination of two Christmas dinner classics? Halloumi in blankets, drizzled with honey, makes an easy – and irresistible – canape. Or make this side dish extra special by wrapping pancetta around homemade sausage stuffing in our stuffing in blankets recipe.
Take a look through the collection and decide which pigs in blankets recipe to add to your festive repertoire this year…
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Pigs in blankets recipes
Marmalade pigs in blankets
Pigs in blankets are the first thing to disappear from the Christmas table. These easy citrus-glazed piggies need just 10 minutes prep time.
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Sprouts in blankets
Two Christmas icons combine to make sprouts in blankets. Even sprout haters will change their beliefs when they taste them wrapped in bacon.
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Devil pigs on horseback
Devils on horseback meet pigs in blankets for this ultimate mash-up of bacon-wrapped goodness that’s our hero Christmas side dish.
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Christmas recipes for four
Root veg in blankets
Fresher and lighter than their sausagey counterparts, these roots in blankets are the best side dish you can serve up at Christmas dinner.
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Budget Christmas party food recipes
Prawns in blankets
A great festive canapé that’s ready in a flash, prawns in blankets also taste incredible in a sarnie with mayo and rocket.
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Halloumi recipes
Halloumi in blankets
Firm halloumi gets wrapped up in a snug bacon blanket, with sweet honey and a little oregano as a nod to this festive canape's Cypriot roots.
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Christmas canapés
Pigs in blankets sausage rolls
What do you get if you cross a pigs in blankets with sausage rolls? These Christmassy sausage-and-bacon puff-pastry bites (ideal as canapés).
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Pigs in blankets traybake
This easy pigs-in-blankets traybake is full of Christmassy flavours: brie, redcurrant jelly and sweet potatoes with bacon-wrapped chipolatas.
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The easiest pigs in blankets
This classic pigs in blankets recipe couldn't be easier to make and will complete any festive dinner – it wouldn't be Christmas without them!
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Stuffed pigs in blankets
For these extra-special pigs in blankets, wafer-thin pancetta is wrapped around homemade sausage stuffing balls. An easy Christmas side dish.
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Pigs in blankets with mustard bubble and squeak
This classic sausage recipe for pigs in blankets with bubble and squeak is easy to make with shortcut ingredients.
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Black pudding in blankets
Replace your chipolatas with black pudding or Spanish morcilla in this year's pigs in blankets for a stand-out Christmas side dish.
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Pigs in blankets for Christmas
Take pigs in blankets to the next level with these rosemary and honey wonders. Prepaer and freeze them ahead to reduce prep on Christmas Day.
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Maple and mustard sausages wrapped in pancetta
Sweet, sticky and incredibly moreish pigs in blankets... It isn't a proper Christmas dinner without them. Our easy recipe serves 6.
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