Rose Veal Bacon Bites
Party food. Oh YES.
Love it.
And when I was sent some minced rose veal by online free-range butcher Farmer's Choice I knew it was going to end up as either a burger or meatball recipe. I started thinking about bacon - that had to be in there somewhere, because bacon - and then for some reason while I had the two ingredients floating about in my head, I got an incredible craving for sage. And so, these rose veal bacon bites were born.
They are so gorgeous. And I am totally not just saying that.
These are good for a party food nibble, or as a side dish to a roast with all the trimmings. They take around 20 minutes to put together, and they're so easy.
Here's how.
Love it.
And when I was sent some minced rose veal by online free-range butcher Farmer's Choice I knew it was going to end up as either a burger or meatball recipe. I started thinking about bacon - that had to be in there somewhere, because bacon - and then for some reason while I had the two ingredients floating about in my head, I got an incredible craving for sage. And so, these rose veal bacon bites were born.
They are so gorgeous. And I am totally not just saying that.
These are good for a party food nibble, or as a side dish to a roast with all the trimmings. They take around 20 minutes to put together, and they're so easy.
Here's how.
Rose Veal Bacon Bites
Makes 9
Ingredients
250g minced rose veal
pinch of salt
half a teaspoon dried sage
9 rashers smoked streaky bacon
9 fresh sage leaves
half a teaspoon of oil - I used mild coconut oil, but keep it coconut-free and use bacon fat, lard or whatever oil you usually fry things with.
Method
Put the rose veal mince into a bowl and add the salt and sage - mix gently until well combined, but not too much - you want to keep the light, fluffy texture of the meat.
Roll into small bite-sized meatballs - you should get 9 meatballs out of the mixture. Place on a baking or roasting tray. Wrap a rasher of bacon around each meatball, placing it down on the baking sheet with the overlapping bacon underneath.
Roast for about 20 minutes in an oven preheated to gas mark 6/200ÂșC until sizzling and fully cooked. Leave to cool slightly while you make the crisp sage leaves.
Rinse the sage leaves under a cold tap and pat dry with a clean kitchen towel. Heat the oil gently in a small frying pan and gently add the sage leaves, one by one, so that they’re flat in the pan. Sizzle for a minute or two and then turn them over to cook on the other side. They should crispen up in a couple of minutes. Turn off the heat and transfer to kitchen paper to drain.
Serve the bacon-wrapped meatballs slightly warm, with a crispy sage leaf placed on top.
This post was supported by Farmers Choice, who provided the lovely rose veal and a contribution towards the ingredients used. I've always found their meat of the highest quality, so do go check them out.
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