Saturday, June 19, 2010

It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll


One of the things I miss about my home country,(and there are many-but that is another post), is the ability to go into any bakery and buy a sausage roll. So flaky and hot, with a weird film of fatty goodness that coats your tongue for hours afterward. Sometimes I get a hankering so bad that I simply must have one, so I came up with my own recipe. They are always a huge hit, and are super simple to make. I use ground turkey cause hubby won't eat the red meat...but you can sub in a mix of beef and pork if you like.
SAUSAGE ROLLS
Ingredients:
2 full sheets puff pastry (pepperidge farm or Aussie puff is good)
1 package of ground turkey-standard size
2 crusts bread -or regular slices if you don't have crust
4tbs milk
1 small onion
4 cloves garlic
1tbs Worcestershire sauce
3tbs tomato paste
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp celery seed
2 tbs Dijon mustard
egg wash if you like....not necessary.

Method:
*Oven at 400 F
*defrost pastry while making filling
*whiz up the bread crusts in a food processor until fine crumbs. Mix with milk in a large bowl to form a panade and set aside.
*chop onion and garlic fine in a food processor, add to bread panade
* add in rest of ingredients (not pastry) and mix very well.
* open up pastry sheet and divide into 3. Roll each piece to form a nice rectangle....lay a line of turkey sausage mix down the center and fold over to make a roll. Wet pastry seam with water to seal. Cut into inch long pieces and place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, an inch and a half apart.
*Bake for 25 mins or until golden.
Serve with ketchup.....mmmmmmmm.

I always make the recipe up as I go along so this is an approximation. Feel free to add spices.

1 comment:

  1. This recipe sounds great! and pic is just making my mouth water...

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