This article is about the dish of sausage wrapped in bacon. For the dish of sausage wrapped in dough, see Pigs in a blanket.
Pigs in blankets
Pigs in blankets, prepped but not yet cooked
Alternative names
Soldiers in kilts
Type
Sausage wrapped in bacon
Course
Side dish
Place of origin
UK and Ireland
Main ingredients
Chipolata, cocktail sausage, hot dog or other sausage
Food energy (per serving)
325 per 100g kcal
Media: Pigs in blankets
Pigs in blankets surrounding a small roast chickenPigs in blanketsBerner Würstel
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