When Little P celebrated his birthday party in July we were up to our earholes in kitchen renovation. Somehow I managed to make these (obviously that was pre-oven pull out ) I'm finally posting the recipe I promised back then for sausage rolls since a couple of you were kind enough to ask. These are easy.
Miss P is likely to be moving into her own place at some point so I decided it was time she had a cooking lesson. She agreed to cook these and then went to the beach and came home with what she says is conjunctivitis, so she couldnt possibly cook dinner because of the germs you know. I have since banned her from touching anything in the house, including me.
You will need:
Sausage meat 500 grams
Place a long line of meat mix down the centre of the pastry. Roll up and make sure to seal the join. I poke it repeatedly with a fork.
Place in a 180 C oven and cook for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. You might have one of those ovens that has a mind of it's own about cooking times.
This recipe will make about 20 small sausage rolls. Or 8 big ones. Or 4 MASSIVE ones if you dont cut them up at all. These are Little P approved.
Sausage meat 500 grams
Manky bread with the crusts torn off 2-3 slices
An onion (minced)
Mixed Herbs (about a tablespoon)
Salt (about a teaspoon)
Tomato sauce for the recipe (about 100 mls) and for after for dipping
Frozen Puff pastry (or if you're really adventurous you can try and make your own - since 5 sheets are under 3 bucks why would you bother )
One egg for an egg wash
Bung all the ingredients in a bowl and mix together.
You can use your hands. Unless you have an infectious disease. Then it's preferable to keep your hands to yourself. I'm not divorcing Mr. P this week, I just took my wedding ring off so I didnt have to pick sausage meat out of it later. My hands look quite thin there. That picture is a keeper.
Lay out your pastry thus and then cut each piece down the middle . I used two whole pastry sheets for this recipe (cut into 4 bits)
Give the roll a wash in some egg. You can cut it into smaller bits now or leave them as mega sausage rolls. I went small because it makes me look more delicate and ladylike when I cram it in my mouth. Plus you can eat more and not look piggy...
Enjoy! Serve with tomato sauce. (It's un-Australian to eat a sausage roll without sauce.) You can serve with vegies but that's just not the way I roll.
