About
Remember the first time you tried an appetizer and thought, "you know, I could just eat this as my meal"? Quite the revelation, right? Well, Pigs-in-a-Blanket Sandwich is on the same wavelength because it takes one of the most amazing appetizers and makes it into a sandwich you could enjoy anytime! The savory, spiced sausages rolled in crispy, succulent bacon and topped with bright, sweet, and tart cranberry sauce and thick gravy, all atop a roll is a literal recipe for success; your tastebuds will certainly feel successful as they enjoy each bite of Pigs-in-a-Blanket Sandwich. Your appetite will be more than sated with this appetizer-based lunch!
Ingredients
- 12 slices streaky bacon
- 12 chipolata sausages
- 12 small sage leaves
- 3 sprigs rosemary
- olive oil, to taste
- 3-6 tablespoons cranberry sauce
- 3 large soft white rolls, halved
- gravy, to taste, cooked
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2 -On a cutting board, lay 1 strip of the bacon.
Step 3 -Place a sausage and a sage leaf perpendicular at one end of the bacon strip.
Step 4 -Tightly roll the sausage and the sage leaf in the bacon and secure it with a toothpick.
Step 5 -Repeat with the remaining bacon, the remaining sausages, and the remaining sage leaves.
Step 6 -On a small baking tray, lay the rosemary sprigs.
Step 7 -Add the bacon-wrapped sausages to the tray.
Step 8 -Drizzle the olive oil over the bacon-wrapped sausages.
Step 9 -Bake the bacon-wrapped sausages, turning them once halfway through, until they are deeply golden and crispy, about 30 minutes.
Step 10 -When they are cool enough to handle, remove the toothpicks from the pigs in blankets.
Step 11 -Add a dollop of the cranberry sauce to each of the rolls.
Step 12 -Add the bacon-wrapped sausages to the rolls.
Step 13 -Serve the bacon-wrapped sausages with the gravy.
