Savoury Christmas Trifle

RECIPE

Savoury Christmas Trifle
with Turkey, Vegetables & Pigs In Blankets

Serves: 8


Prep Time: 45 Minutes


Cook Time: 8 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

150g cranberry sauce

25ml port

300g cooked turkey, diced

150g gravy

100g cooked carrots, diced

100g cooked parsnips, diced

100g cooked Brussels sprouts

300g cooked mashed potatoes

200g cooked sage and onion stuffing

8 pigs in blankets

Sage leaves

 

 

METHOD

  1. Mix together the cranberry sauce and port.
  2. Heat the cooked turkey in the gravy and keep warm.
  3. Heat the diced carrots, parsnips, sprouts, mash and stuffing and keep warm.
  4. Cook the pigs in blankets in an oven at 200°C / 180°C Fan / 392°F / Gas Mark 5 for 8 minutes.
  5. Layer up the items in a large trifle serving dish, start by packing the sage and onion stuffing into the bottom of the dish, place the turkey and gravy on top, then the parsnips, carrots and sprouts. Pour the cranberry and port sauce over the vegetables then top with the mashed potatoes.
  6. Garnish the trifle with pigs in blankets and a few sage leaves. Serve while still hot.

CHEF'S TIP

Layer in a buttered pie dish for a cottage pie style leftover turkey bake and serve with lots of gravy.