Faggots in Onion Gravy

The word faggot means a bundle, as of twigs for kindling a fire, so almost anything can be brought together to make that bundle. I’ve made faggots with beef and offal as here, and also with pigeon (Rich Pigeon Faggot on a Potato Cake with Mustard Cabbage).

I usually use the trimmings from cuts of beef when I make these particular faggots. Pig’s caul (the lining of a pig’s stomach) is the classic wrapping for faggots, and your butcher should