Welsh Faggots Recipes

WELSH FAGGOTS

Steps:

• Make your bread crumbs by putting the dried bread in the mixer on a high setting until you have fine bread crumbs.
• Put bread crumbs in large mixing bowl.
• Chop onions in the mixer and add to the mixing bowl, this can be as fine or as coarse to suit your own tastes.
• Chop the liver in the mixer and add to the mixing bowl, this can be as fine or as coarse to suit your own tastes.
• Add the sage and mix thoroughly.
• Shape the mixture into small balls (should make 8 to 10).
• Place in a greased ovenproof dish or tin.
• Put a small knob of butter on each faggot.
• Make stock with OXO (beef) cube and water and pour around the faggots.
• Cover with foil and bake in a preheated oven (180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4) for fifteen minutes.
• Remove foil and cook for further fifteen minutes.
• Remove faggots and when cool cover and keep in the fridge until required.
• To serve:
• To reheat place the required number of faggots in a saucepan with beef stock (OXO or preferably Bovril) two-thirds of the way up the faggots. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Thicken stock to make a gravy and pour over.
• Serve with garden peas (or mushy peas) and thick slices of freshly buttered bread.

FAGGOTS WITH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Lightly oil a very large roasting tin. Tip the stuffing mix into a large bowl, add 500ml boiling water, stir and set aside.
• Pulse the pork in a food processor until finely chopped. Add the liver and pulse again. Add to the stuffing with the mace, 1 tsp salt and plenty of black pepper. Stir well. Shape the mixture (it will be very soft) into 24 large faggots and put in the prepared tin.
• To make the gravy, fry the onions in the oil until starting to turn golden. Add the sugar and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until caramelised. Tip in the vinegar and allow to sizzle. Mix the flour with a couple of tbsp water. Pour the stock into the onions, then add the flour paste and cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and starting to thicken. When it is thick, pour into the tin with the faggots, cover with foil and bake for 1 hr until cooked through. Serve sprinkled with parsley, with mash and a veg, if you like.