Honey and Mustard Pigs In Blankets

Classic Christmas pigs in blankets glazed with honey and mustard. There’s chipolata sausages, crispy bacon and a sweet, sticky glaze. Arguably the best part of a Christmas dinner!

You can’t have Christmas dinner without pigs in blankets! And these aren’t just your regular sausages wrapped in bacon, they’re also glazed in sweet, sticky, tangy honey mustard. They’re the perfect addition to a homemade Christmas dinner but they’re just as good served at any time of the year, on a Sunday roast. You can even make your pigs in blankets ahead of time then reheat & glaze them just before serving.

In this recipe we’re making our own pigs in blankets, which is actually really easy to do; you just wrap sausages in streaky bacon! But you could buy them ready made from your butcher if you’d prefer. Then to cook, we’re going to be roasting them in the oven to crisp up the bacon then we pour over our simple honey and mustard glaze and continue cooking until sticky & caramelised!

This is a great way to upgrade classic British pigs in blankets into a seriously tasty side. Glazed pigs in blankets make a great festive appetizer when served with cranberry sauce or a baked camembert. But you can serve them on your Christmas dinner too or in a festive sandwich.

For more festive recipes, take a look at our collection of Christmas recipes! You’ll find all the classics here, including roast turkey, cranberry sauce, Christmas pudding, mince pies & lots more…

What Are Pigs In Blankets?

Pigs in blankets are one of the best parts of a Christmas dinner! Well in my opinion anyway. These are a staple part of Christmas here in the UK and are made by wrapping sausages in streaky bacon, which are then baked in the oven until crisp and golden. Oven cooking provides a great opportunity to glaze the sausages as well, which is what we’re doing in this recipe. I used honey & mustard but you could use maple syrup, marmalade or cranberry sauce instead.

British pigs in blankets aren’t the same as American pigs in a blanket which are hot dogs wrapped in crescent roll dough (like a croissant!) or pastry.

Ingredients For Honey Mustard Pigs In Blankets

• Sausages – You can make pigs in blankets with almost any sausage but I would recommend using chipolatas. These sausages are long and thin which means that you’ll get more bacon & sausage per portion! Using good quality sausages makes all the difference with pigs in blankets, so I’d recommend visiting your local butcher.
• Bacon – Using streaky bacon is key here. I like to use smoked bacon but you can use unsmoked, if you’d prefer. They’ll taste great either way.
• Honey – We’re using runny honey for our glaze. If you haven’t got any, golden syrup or maple syrup would both work as well.
• Mustard – Wholegrain mustard has a fairly mild flavour which makes it perfect for the sweet honey glaze. If you’d like your glaze to have a punchier mustard flavour, you could add in some Dijon or English mustard as well.
• Lemon Juice – Adding a small amount of lemon juice to our glaze cuts through the sweetness from the honey.

How To Make Pigs In Blankets

Homemade pigs in blankets are really easy to prepare and cook! Simply wrap sausages in rashers of streaky bacon then bake in the oven. This batch is brush with a sweet and tangy mix of honey and wholegrain mustard towards the end of their cook, to glaze perfectly.

Step 1 – Thinning Out The Bacon

The first step is to thin and stretch the bacon out slightly. This will make the bacon crispier once it’s cooked and also means that each sausage will be completely covered.

To thin the bacon out, lay a rasher of bacon onto a chopping board, then run the back of a chef knife along the length two or three times. Don’t go crazy here, we don’t want the bacon too thin! Try to increase the length of each rasher by a couple of centimetres.

Step 2 – Wrapping Sausages

Time to wrap the sausages in the bacon. To do this, simply lay a chipolata onto a rasher of bacon then roll it up. If you like, you could hold the bacon in place with a couple of cocktail sticks, but I don’t find this necessary.

Step 3 – Cooking

Once all your sausages are wrapped in bacon, pop them onto a baking tray, drizzle with veg oil then cook at 200°c/392°f for 10 minutes. Next, brush the honey mustard glaze all over then return to the oven and cook for another 5-10 minutes, until golden and sticky on the outside and the meat is cooked through. If you want to check the internal temperature of the sausages with a food probe, it needs to be at least 75°c/167°f to be fully cooked.

Honey and Mustard Glaze For Pigs In Blankets

Making honey and mustard glaze to brush onto pigs in blankets is super easy and only takes a minute. A simple honey and mustard glaze is essentially honey mixed with wholegrain mustard. Though I like to add in a splash of fresh lemon juice too, to cut through the sweetness from the honey and the saltiness from the bacon.

When it comes to glazing pigs in blankets, you don’t want to brush the honey mustard on too early otherwise it will burn in the oven. The trick is to roast the pigs in blankets for 10 minutes, to crisp up the bacon then brush on the honey and mustard and cook for a further 10 minutes until perfectly caramelised.

How To Reheat Pigs In Blankets

Although honey and mustard pigs in blankets are best eaten straight away, they can be reheated later on! To reheat, place your pigs in blankets onto a lined baking tray, cover with foil & cook at 180°c/356°f until hot. Alternatively, you could make them into mac & cheese, using my leftover pigs in blankets mac & cheese recipe! Pigs in blankets are really tasty served good as well, especially in a Christmas sandwich.

Frequently Asked Questions

How To Cook Pigs In Blankets In An Aga

With all of my recipes, I include cooking instructions for conventional ovens, fan ovens & also Agas. Here’s how to cook this recipe in an Aga…

To cook honey and musard pigs in blankets in an Aga, place them on the bottom set of runners in the roasting oven, cook for 10 minutes then brush with the honey mustard glaze. Cook for a further 10 minutes until caramelised on the outside and cooked through.

More Festive Recipes To Try

• Leftover Pigs In Blankets Mac & Cheese
• Sausage & Bacon Stuffing With Apricot & Pine Nuts
• Caramelised Onion & Cranberry Gravy
• Reverse Seared Prime Rib
• Sticky Toffee Glazed Ham
• Hot Honey & Sage Pigs In Blankets

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