Devil pigs on horseback
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep: -
- Cook:
- plus at least 3 hrs soaking
- Easy
- Makes 24
Pigs in blankets meet Devils on horseback in this combo - perfect as a side with Christmas dinner or Sunday roast, or as a party canapé
Ingredients
- 12 ready-to-eat pitted prunes
- 12 ready-to-eat apricots
- 100ml dry white wine or orange juice
- 12 rashers streaky bacon , halved
- 1-2 tbsp English mustard
- 24 meaty chipolatas sausages (we used Cumberland)
- olive oil , for brushing
Method
- STEP 1
Soak the prunes and apricots in the wine or juice, preferably for 3 hrs or more. Smear a piece of bacon with a little mustard, then use it to wrap round a prune or apricot and a sausage. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 24 and arrange on a baking tray.
- STEP 2
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7, brush with a little oil and bake for 18-20 mins until cooked and golden.
