Faggots are a British meat dish made from seasoned minced offal, traditionally wrapped in caul fat and baked or fried.
The mixture commonly includes pork liver, pig’s heart, onion, herbs, and breadcrumbs. It is shaped into balls or small bundles, and the caul fat helps hold the mixture together while adding richness. Faggots are especially associated with the West Midlands and South Wales, where they were traditionally made as economical household food.
The name is an old English word for a bundle of sticks or objects, reflecting the bundled form of the dish. Faggots are often served with mushy peas, gravy, and mashed potatoes. They are different from haggis, whose filling is traditionally cooked inside a sheep’s stomach, and from black pudding, which is a blood sausage.