Mini stuffing ball bites

These are a lovely little snack for anytime.

Who says you need a roast dinner to have stuffing balls? No one EVER that’s who! Watching a movie, going on a picnic, nibbles and drinks with friends, sports on tv.. you name it, these little gems have you covered. Obviously they are perfect with a roastie too but I’m just giving you ideas here

So quick and easy, so tasty (too tasty!) and a winner every time. Enjoy.

This will make around 25 balls

Ingredients

• 400g of sausage meat - I usually use sage and onion.

• 1/2 a red onion very finely diced

• Handful of nuts chopped finely - walnuts, almonds, peacans work well

• Handful of panko breadcrumbs

• 1 teaspoon of whole grain mustard

• 3 rashers of smoked streaky bacon

• Handful of mixed fresh herbs finely chopped - sage, thyme, rosemary

• Flaked salt

• Fresh black pepper

• 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

• 2 tablespoons of Olive oil

• Flour

In a big bowl add everything except the flour and get stuck in with your hands to mix well into a big ball.

Line a baking tray with grease proof paper and pre heat the oven to 180degrees fan

Sprinkle some flour onto a clean surface and pinch off little bits from the big stuffing ball and roll into small balls, smaller than a golf ball, and put onto the baking tray.

Once you’ve done this with all the meat, put into the oven for around 30-40mins until they are nice and crispy and browned