Faggots
An old fashioned recipe making use of fatty pork and offal
Servings 8 people
Cost 10 euros
Equipment
- Mincer if mincing your own meat
- Large Bowl
- Oven proof baking tray/dish
Ingredients
- 1 kg Pork - Half of it belly pork - A quarter liver . A quarter pork shoulder (you can add in heart if you can get some)
- 1 piece Caul fat (you can wrap each ball in bacon instead)
- 1 Medium onion finely chopped
- 100 grams Breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoons Fresh chopped thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon Fresh chopped parsley
- Salt and black pepper
- quarter teaspoon Freshly grated nutmeg (I decided not to use this)
Instructions
- Pass all your meat through the mincer and mix together
- Mix all the ingredients into the minced meat and shape into balls (I got 24) - You can take a little bit out before shaping into balls and fry it off to check for seasoning.
- Wrap each ball in a piece of caul fat - Just use scissors to cut the fat into squares)
- Place on a baking tray/sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 200 deg C for about 40-45 minutes