Bay & bacon roast turkey with make-ahead gravy
Try this delicious way to prepare the Christmas bird, with bay leaves, lemon and stuffing - perfect flavours to compliment your festive dinner
Devil pigs on horseback
Makes 24
Easy
Prep: -
Cook:
plus at least 3 hrs soaking
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
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- 12 ready-to-eat pitted prunes
- 12 ready-to-eat apricots
- 100ml dry white wineor orange juice
- 12 rashers streaky baconhalved
- 1-2 tbsp English mustard
- 24 meaty chipolatassausages (we used Cumberland)
- olive oilfor brushing
Nutrition: per pig
- kcal127
- fat9g
- saturates3g
- carbs4g
- sugars3g
- fibre1g
- protein7g
- salt0.8g
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.
