Every Christmas supermarkets find themselves in a pigs in blankets arms race - each competing to come up with a different twist on the festive classic. This year Asda has decided to go big by creating the foot-long pig in blanket that promises to serve ten people at the Yuletide table.
Part of the supermarket's Extra Extra Special Christmas collection, the monster is described as "a Christmas classic turned into the ultimate centrepiece". So it's definitely got the quantity but what of the quality? Reporter Annie Owen made space in her oven and tackled the porky behemoth...
The classic pig in blanket recipe has been finetuned to perfection, so I was curious to see how the jumbo version would fare. I noticed the mammoth pork sausage was completely covered with several rashers of streaky bacon, unlike its miniature cousin. Aside from the bacon-to-sausage ratio, I was also curious how it would taste because pigs in blankets are known for their salty flavour. But after excitedly taking it out of the freezer I was surprised to see a cooking time of 1 hour and 10 minutes.
