Sausage Rolls Cooking Recipes

Ingredients :

8 oz

6 oz

8 tbsp

1

Filling

8 oz

2 tsp

plain flour

half butter and lard, softened

chilled water

egg, beaten

pinch of salt

squeeze of lemon juice

sausage meat

dried sage

1. To make the pastry, mix the flour and salt.
2. Divide the butter into quarters, add one quarter to the flour and rub in.
3. Add enough water and lemon juice to make an elastic dough.
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to an oblong 3 times as long as it is wide.
5. Dot another portion of butter over the top two thirds of the pastry.
6. Fold bottom of pastry up and top third down.
7. Turn the pastry so folded edges are at the sides, seal the edges with a rolling pin.
8. Wrap and seal for 15 minutes.
9. Re-roll and repeat the process twice more, wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
10. Preheat the oven to 200C Gas Mark 6, to make the filling, mix the sausage meat and sage.
11. On a floured surface, form the filling into 2 rolls.
12. Roll out the pastry to an oblong, then cut in half lengthwise to make 2 strips.
13. Place a sausage meat roll on each strip of pastry.
14. Dampen the pastry edges and form it into a roll, cut each roll into 6 slices.
15. Brush with beaten egg and bake for 30 minutes.
16. Serve with crusty bread and a side salad.

Makes 12

For a more flavorsome filling, use sausages with added herbs or spices instead of sausage meat. Skin the sausages and then use in the same way as the sausage meat.

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