1.       Melt the butter and cook the diced onion on a low heat to soften it but not colour it, stir in the redcurrant jelly and allow to cool completely. Preheat your oven to 170◦c.

2.      In a large bowl thoroughly mix the potato, sausage meat, cold cooked onion, pistachios, cracked black pepper, chopped thyme and sage leaves.

3.      Take a loaf tin and brush it lightly with vegetable oil. Spoon the sausage and potato mix into the oiled tin and press it down firmly with the back of a spoon.

4.      Lay the streaky rashers across the top of the mix and press down

5.      Cover the loaf tin with a layer of baking parchment and then a layer of foil,

make sure this is sealed around the edges.

6.      Place the loaf tin in a roasting tray and add boiling water to about 1inch high in the tray. Put into the preheated oven for 45 mins, add more water to the tray if needed.

7.      Remove the foil and parchment and cook for another 15 mins to brown the bacon.

8.      If you are making this in advance allow to cool completely before freezing, I can be frozen in the tin or taken out and frozen.