This dish is designed to be a cheap and easy meal to make. It's using some ingredients that I would normally use. It was inspired by a blog by Frugal Queen's blog.
The outcome is very good.
Full details here - http://orfy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/faggots-1-meal.html
For the faggots.
0.5 kilo pork/beef mince. (Asda £1.49)
0.5 Kilo cooking bacon (Tesco £0.99) - asda have 1kg for £1.50 at present
0.5 Kilo Lambs Kidney (Tesco £1.45)
0.5 Kilo Onions (Lidl £0.35)
0.5 loaf of wholemeal bread (Lidl £0.30)
0.5 bulb of garlic (15p)
0.5 desert spoon pepper
0.5 desert spoon salt
0.5 hand full sage leaves
1 desert spoon full paprika
For the gravy
(Make how you want but this is how I'm doing it)
0.5 kilo of onions (Lidl £0.35p)
0.5 bouquet garni
0.5 pint mixed tomato sauce/brown sauce
0.5 tub Tesco value gravy granules (10p)
2.5 pints boiling water
I't made 15 large faggot . I think 1 is enough per serving with Mash and cabbage or peas
That's way under £1 per serving.
Make the half loaf into bread crumbs then using what ever means you (Mixer/chopper/Mincer or by hand) finely chop and mix the ingredients for the faggots without making it into a paste but fine enough to hold together and be formed into a ball. I roll into a ball larger than a golf ball but smaller than a tennis ball using my hands has a mould. I roll in flour to help them brown, stop sticking and give a crust.
Smear your cooking vessels with a little fat or oil so the faggots don't stick.
I have a large tagine so I'm using the base of that. A couple of roasting tins will do just fine.
Put the faggots in at 180C for 90 minutes, then make the gravy.
Saute' the onion in a little fat/oil until soft, brown to what ever stage you like and had a few herbs if you wish. Add the red sauce, brown sauce. around 10 heaped teaspoons of the gravy granules. Pep up with a little Worcestershire sauce or other condiment if you like. (Sliced mushrooms add flavour and bulk if you have any)
After the 90 minutes turn the faggots, add the gravy and return for another 30 minutes. (I turned up to 220c because I wanted to put a loaf in.)
Faggots for tea.
After reading Froogs's blog I wanted faggots and in keeping with the frugality I used what was best value and what I could get. I also wanted to keep the recipe simple and easy and cheap. Liver and heart is probably more traditional. If you can get hold of caul fat to wrap them in then all the better (I couldn't)
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (208g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 15 Servings | ||
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Calories: 29 | ||
Calories from Fat: 1 (3%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 0.1g | 0 % | |
Saturated Fat 0g | 0 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 0g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 0g | ||
Cholesterol 0mg | 0 % | |
Sodium 4.2mg | 0 % | |
Potassium 111.5mg | 3 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 6.8g | 2 % | |
Dietary Fiber 1.3g | 5 % | |
Sugars, other 5.5g | ||
Protein 0.9g | 1 % | |
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Calories per serving: 29
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