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Friday, 24 February 2012

Sausage Rolls - from Nick


SAUSAGE ROLLS

1 packet of ready made puff pastry ( or make flaky pastry using 6oz frozen butter grated into 10oz plain flour, 2 tablespoons icy water roll fold roll fold eta)

8 oz very best sausage meat ( or skin best sausages)
1 medium onion chopped very small in a food processor
1 heaped teaspoon of ground mace
1 heaped dessert spoon fresh finely chopped sage ( or teaspoon dried)

Mix last 4 ingredients very well ( hands is best !! )

Roll pastry until about 24 inches long and about 5 inches across  ( should be about 1/8 inch thick

Roll sausage meat into a sausage shape Floured hands make it easier I tend have pieces about 12 inches long and abut in the middle of the rolled pastry. Using a pastry brush dampen 1 strip about 1 inch wide on 1 side of the rolled pastry pull over to cover the meat and seal using a fork on its flat edge firmly. Cut to the length required- about 1 inch for drinks savoury,  2 inches morning coffee snack 4 inches Lunch box treat

Brush with an egg wash

Cook in a hot oven for about 15 minutes. Middle shelf roasting oven of Aga,  Allow to cool on a rack.

NOTE FROM EDITOR:

If you make these as Nick has suggested - they are wonderful - choose good quality locally sourced sausages or sausage meat