What is Faggot (food)?
{{Unsourced|date=August 2015}} [[File:Faggots-and-gravy.jpg|thumb|Faggots with [[gravy]]]] A '''faggot''' is a kind of [[meatball]], a traditional dish in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], especially the southwest of [[England]], [[Wales]], and the [[Black Country]]. It is made from meat off-cuts and [[offal]], especially pork. A faggot is usually made from pig heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs for flavouring and sometimes breadcrumbs. The mixture is shaped in the hand into balls, wrapped round with [[caul]] (a membrane from the pig's abdomen), and baked. A similar dish, ''almôndega'', is traditional in [[Portugal]]. This dish is also popular in the [[United States of America|United States]]. [[Category:Meat dishes]] [[Category:Welsh food]] [[Category:British food]] {{food-stub}}