The crunchy brunchy breakfast burger and a Snaffling Pig Co giveaway!
You know me – any excuse to get into the kitchen and have a fiddle with a new product, so imagine my delight when the lovely chaps at The Snaffling Pig Co, makers of high quality, deliciously flavoured pork crackling products, got in touch about a great new product called Crackling Crumb. Essentially, it’s exactly what it says on the tin: delicious Snaffling Pig pork crackling, minus the seasoning, ground into a crumb so that it can be used to add a scrummy crunch to all sorts of meals and it recently won a Great Taste Award 2017 too. I’m devoting this week to all things crunchy and crumby, starting with my delicious crunchy brunchy breakfast burger. Plus I’ve got a range of The Snaffling Pig Co products to give away!
The delicious finished breakfast burgers
The crunchy brunchy breakfast burger
Okay, so you wouldn’t eat this one every day, but the explosion of textures and flavours in this combination of crunchy crumb-topped bun, smooth avocado, fresh tomato and tasty bacon all topped with a runny egg make this one an absolute winner. Add a sausage patty to the mix and this one will definitely see you through until lunchtime! It might seem like there are lots of different stages to this one, but it’s basically just a big assembly job.
Serves 4
You will need:
4 fat, good quality pork sausages
4 rashers smoked back bacon
4 soft white rolls or brioche buns
5 large free range eggs
1 pot The Snaffling Pig Co Crackling Crumb
1 large, ripe beefsteak tomato, sliced
1 large, ripe avocado
50g cheddar, grated
Firstly, preheat the grill, and the oven to gas 4/180C.
For the sausage patties, skin the sausages and with wet hands, press them down into a ring mould (or use an upturned pastry cutter) that’s roughly the same diameter as your buns to form a burger shape. Either bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or add a little oil to a frying pan, then fry the patties gently in a frying pan on a medium heat until cooked through. Cover with foil and keep warm in the oven.
Grill the bacon to your liking, then keep warm with the sausages.
Slice the rolls in half and place on a wire rack over a baking tray. Beat one of the eggs and brush all over the tops and cut sides of the rolls. Sprinkle both halves generously with the Crackling Crumb (if you find it’s a bit too coarse, you can crush it a little with a pestle and mortar first). Bake in the oven for five minutes until golden.
Sprinkle both halves generously with the Crackling Crumb
While the buns are warming, fry the remaining four eggs gently (again, you can do them in ring moulds if you’re a bit of a perfectionist).
In the meantime, set up a little preparation station: slice the tomato, mash and season the avocado and grate the cheese.
To assemble, start with the base of the roll, then top each one with a sausage patty, a slice of tomato, a slice of bacon, a fried egg, smashed avocado and cheese. Finish with the crispy top. Squish the burger down and dive in straight away - be prepared to get mucky!
The crunchy brunchy breakfast burger: get stuck in!
A crunchy giveaway *closed*
To enable you to create your very own crunchy recipes, I’ve got lots of lovely The Snaffling Pig Co products to give away! The prize, worth £65, includes:
- A 300g gifting jar of the maple flavour crackling
- A 300g gifting jar of the black pepper flavour crackling
- A 300g gifting jar of the salt and vinegar flavour crackling
- A triple pack of the Crackling Crumb
- Four Snaffling Pig beers (a medium-bodied pale ale)
on macaroni cheese!
on a yummy cheese toasty!!
i would have on cheese and pot pie
sprinkled over roast potatoes served up with roast pork
I’d use it for topping macaroni cheese. Although it would be hard to resist eating it straight from the jar!
On top of tomato mac and cheese!
Crunchy topped by on pasta bakes - wow I need to try this 🤞😀
I’d have it as another topper for a cottage pie!
on pork belly strips yum
I’d use it on top of cottage pie
Just had pretzel topped Mac and cheese I bet that would be fab too
I would use it on chicken supremes. Delicious!
on cheese on toast
lovely jubbly
I would use it on top of cheesy pasta dish or Daughinoise Potatoes !
I would use it as a crunchy topping for my Pasta Carbonara.
Would cook with our roast dinner
On top of a cheese toastie
Son would use it on his pizza, he’s always experimenting
On top of cauliflower cheese.
put it on tandoori chicken
id use it as a topping for cheese and potato pie for some crunch texture and flavour or add it to potatoes when i do fried potato (simular to bubble and squeek) i think the added extra of the crackling would make my taste buds explode in delight. thanks for the chance its a fab giveaway
On top of a pasta bake or on cheese or toast. Sounds very versatile, so endless possibilities that I haven’t thought of yet might happen too.
Ooh delicious!
I think I’d add an extra piggy crunchy tasty topping to a macaroni, lardons and 4 cheese bake and a sprinkle over a soup like Potato & Leek for an extra crunchy element!
All hail the snaffling pig!
I would sprinkle it on top of pork nachos
i would put in a salad
I’d put it on top of lasagne
I’d sprinkle it on cheese on toast!
In a Spectacular Crackling Snaffling Pork Pie! Give me some of that action 🙂
I would use it in salads!
I’d sprinkle it on top of potato wedges .
Amazing prize!
Add it to a salad, almost like tiny croutons!
I probably wouldn’t get to use the crackling, my 12 year old is a budding chef who loves to get creative in the kitchen so she would be able to use her imagination.
I would use it on top of a cheese & onion Potato pie. (Baked mashed potato with cheese & onion) It is normally served with crispy bacon, but this crackling topping would add extra crunch and make this dish even easier & quicker to cook on those manic nights when you have no time but are ravenous!
I use on the top of pizza
I would use the crumb with potatoes or pasta.
bacon, bacon, bacon
In thick bread bacon sandwiches buttered with garlic butter
I would sprinkle it over delicious cheese and pancetta pasta
I’m thinking this would go great on my chicken pasta bake.
I think it would work perfectly on salads
I’d have it on cheese on toast, sounds delicious!
I would use it to liven up mashed potatoes!
I’d sprinkle it on salads
I’d top my haggis shepherds pie with it looks so scrummy!
So many things you could use it for, I would love to try sprinkling it over roast potatoes before cooking for extra tasty crunch.
I’d use it on everything. Definitely would try spaghetti bolognese, mashed potato, Mac and cheese for starters
on a lovely sunday roast……or bacon sarnie…..custard, jelly…..you name it and ill sprinkle that bad boy on!!
I sprinkle it on my cheese and bacon quiche and on top of pork burgers for a lovely tasty crunch
Looks nice to top a chease pie .
I’d do a big roast pork and sprinkle the cracking crumb over the roast potatoes to give them an extra crispy crunch!
This sounds amazing and tasty
A great addition to a salad, give it that extra twist.
I would top pasta with it.
On top of my veggie shephards pie, and my beetroot and goatscheese bake.
I’d coat my chicken breasts and pork chops. Mmmm , I’m getting hungry thinking about it.
I would love to bake bread with onion and bacon within the dough and sprinkle the crackling crumb on top!!
mmm i’d try sprinkling it on top of pork chops! served with roast potato’s and gravy!
I would use it on homemade chicken escalopes
Mashed potato, cheese and these on tops. Great guilty pleasure !
On top of pizza
Perfect for coating chicken
On top of shepherds pie
On a cheese quiche, yum yum yum 🙂
This would be lovely sprinkled onto macaroni cheese 😋
I would sprinkle it on pasta bake for some crunch!
I would copy you and use it as a burger topping, perhaps jazz up a salad too so its much less boring (and less healthy lol) might be nice as a coating for stuffing balls too
On the top of our tuna pasta bake would be lush!
Sprinkled on a pasta bake
Sounds delicious! I’d use it on everything, lol!
I would use it on top of my Hot Pot
As a crunchy topping to the mash on a Shepherd’s Pie
I’d use it to top some mash potato.
On top of Cheesy Pasta Bake for a crunchy, tasty topping
I’d sprinkle it on chips
To enhance my egg salads
I would use it on a casserole as an alternative to potatoes.
I would sprinkle it on top of my fish pie to make it even more delicious!
To add some crunch to a salad
Would go lovely over pulled pork yum
On cauliflower cheese
As a crusting on a chicken pasta bake
I’d sprinkle on top of my cheesy chips!
Sprinkled on baked pineapple
I would put it on my potatoes before roasting
I’d use it to coat chicken to make it go crispy!
I would put it on top of pulled pork
I’d love to try them in salads 🙂 I think it would add a really nice element
I would sprinkle it on my pasta bake to give it an extra crunch!
I wo9uls sprinkle it over roast potatoes being served on a plate with roast pork and veggies. I can eat crackling crab but do not like making crackling as only one to two want it.
id sprinkle them over a pasta bake, giving it a very crunchy tasty topping
Sprinkle on anything & everything!
On chilli con carne
I would make a scotch egg with pork scratching crust!
I would sprinkle it over my baked Quorn pieces and my baked vegetable pie.
I’d sprinkle it on salads
I’d use it to liven up my salads
I’d use it to liven up my salads
On spaghetti carbonara!
When I make cheesy baked potatoes I would mix them in 😊
I would use it on basic Caesar salad quite liberally to give a different flavour and texture
I would use it in pitta bread with home made pulled pork
Mix it in pulled pork and put it in a cheeseburger
On a burger in the cheese.
To coat a joint of pork or leg of lamb ready for roasting, or maybe in a tossed salad.
I would put it on top of mash potatoes
I’d bread egg washed free range chicken fillets & shallow fry them in Peanut oil, Nyom!!
I’d sprinkle it over a watercress, bacon and yoghurt salad (then I’d help myself to two tablespoons of plain into your mouth goodness, chef’s treat)
In a bacon sandwich
As a tasty topping to my home made macaroni cheese with crispy bacon and cherry tomatoes 😋
On macaroni cheese
On stuffing, mushrooms and apple sauce
I would sprinkle them over roast potatoes
on macaroni cheese
I have visions of a chicken and leek tart sprinkled with crackling crumb, I think it would add a lovely porky twist!
I would make a nice salad sandwich and sprinkle it on top
On top of my chips to make them a little bit fancy!
On top of my Shepherds Pie to give it a golden look and added crunch
On macaroni cheese!
On top of a pasta bake sounds delicious
Combined with the topping on a savoury pork and apple crumble / cobbler.
On lasagne
On a cottage pie
On a top of a cheesy jacket potato
I’d use it as a crispy coating for special scottch eggs!
Cheese on Toast
i would make some tasty burgers and use it on the rolls
on a pasta bake yummy
Yes in my mushroom.and chicken white wine pasta xx yummmyy
I’d use it on a lasagne
For my family favourite, chicken nuggets. Gorgeous chicken breast chunks and mix the breadcrumbs with the crunchy topping. Mmmm delicious
omg I would sprinkle this all over my roast potato’s.. I would smother my roast pork in it before cooking there’s so much I could use this on. xx
In a pasta bake
On Chilli con carne
everybody has said it really, on macaroni cheese, on mashed potato, etc etc. Let’s just say sprinkle it on everything!
I’d like to try it on as a lasagne topping.
As a coating for chicken.
Season a nice roast! Yum
On a creamy pasta dish
Simply on cheese on toast, think would take this to another level and so simple.
I might put it on top of my homemade lasagne xx
It would be lovely on top of a cheesy pasta bake
i would mash it into sausage meat and have a fun twist on sausage rolls.
Torn between an indulgent macaroni cheese and a topping for asparagus soup to add some extra deliciousness (and stop it being vegetarian, oops!)
on top a lovely creamy, pasta bake
I’d use mine to coat crispy homemade chicken!
As a topping on my lasagne
I’d use it as a finishing touch to a dish of roasted veggies to have with sausages!
I was going to say Mac & Cheese too - will definitely try that one. I can imagine we would just eat this straight from the pack or failing that I would sprinkle it over a cesar salad or maybe a nice carbonara??
would be lovely with pasta
I would sprinkle on top of a home grown vegetable bake
I’d choose to but the black pepper on cheese on toast.
I’d use it in a Schitzel crumb for extra porkiness.
in every way possible eg on eggs or salad.
I would pimp up my salads with it to make them less boring xxx
I’d roast a pork joint on low for 10 hours so it falls apart and serve with fresh baguette, apple sauce and the cracking crumb!! 😀 amazing!
I’d add it to cauliflower cheese for extra crunch alongside the cheese.
I’d use it with my home made pulled pork.
I would sprinkle it over a salad to stop it being so boring!
i would just eat them as they are!
In our house we are addicts so we would put it on anything beef, fish,cheese, the iPad they are lovely!! My husband loves the spicy ones xx
I`d add it to an omelette to give it to extra taste
I would roast halloumi, mushrooms and onion and sprinkle it on top.
To make my Meat feast pizza a wee bit meatier!
To make my Meat Feast pizza a wee bit meatier!!
I would top my burgers with them
I would use it in macaroni cheese with some sprinkled on top for good measure!
Maple and bacon American style pancakes with a crunchy crumb!! Delicious!!
I would add it to pasta
On my bacon sandwich if I can stop my husband eating out of the jar
Sprinkled over pasta carbonara
I’d love to sprinkle those over a nice fresh salad … something relatively crunchy itself, not soggy, like iceberg, carrot and a little grated beetroot. Can’t be all ‘good’ 😉
On top of mashed potatoes to give it a crunch
On rotisserie chicken - a lovely change from sage!
Sprinkled generously over Eggs Benedict!
To give a lovely crunchy topping to homemade cottage pie.
Sprinkle some crumbled snaffling pig crackling over Italian sausage and Gorgonzola pasta .
I’d roll meatballs I them for a tasty change
would be lovely with pasta or burgers
I would use it on a Full English Breakfast
I’d add it into my partner’s pasta bakes to add extra flavour!
I would ad some to apple sauce so to add a bit of crunch and flavour then use on top of a pork burger or even your Sunday roast pork.
I think they would make a wonderful topping tor home made burgers.
You just can’t beat a pig bit no matter how big or small. Snaffling pigs are to die for
I would use it on pizza to provide that finishing touch. Scrumptious!
On my pork chops, on pork and gammon roasts - sounds delicious, can’t wait to try it out
So many ways
a cruncy topping to pasta bake .
As an extra crunch in a bacon and mushroom sandwich.
Sprinkled on scallops with pea and potato mash .
Coat my roast potatoes before roasting .
In place of breadcrumbs to coat pork escolopes (sp?)
I would make mac and cheese patties then coat in the crackling before deep frying and adding to a burger
I would use it on and with bacon,sausages and urgers
Oh my goodness, crackling crumb! Sounds insanely delicious. I’d love to try the maple flavoured crackling crumbed over a stack of buttermilk pancakes for that savoury and sweet combo. Drizzled in maple syrup, I can only imagine what a great contrast the crumb would give!
would use this on rolls,sausages ,bacon,black pudding yummy
I’d use it as a lovely crunchy topping to my Mac and Cheese!
Ooh me too! That recipe’s coming up this week 🙂