Easy weeknight meal.
When you have kids, you know first hand that things can get out of control in the household. It can mean little time to prep meals, or are running late because in not long the kids become creatures of the night. That’s why as a parent, you need to have an arsenal of quick and easy recipes on hand. That’s why sausage rolls are often on the family dinner rotate as well as included in school lunchboxes. Even if you’re not a parent, knowing how to make these could save you when you’re required to bring a plate for morning tea to work. Besides, bringing something to work that you made will ensure you’re a hero amongst your colleagues.
Just about everyone likes sausage rolls. I mean, what’s not to like about them? You dip them in tomato sauce, they are like sausages but with pastry… decadent and delicious. Yes, you can buy frozen ready made sausage rolls quite easily in supermarkets but have you truly looked at the ingredients? I personally dislike mutton yet most sausage meat and ready made sausage rolls contain this as part of the “meat” component. That’s why I prefer to make my own as you get more control over the ingredients that make it up. With kids to consider, nutrition is extremely important. As a parent, you try and eliminate as many added nasties as possible.
There are many recipes for this tasty delight. The recipe here is the simplest one I know as it uses the meat from pure pork sausages. There are other recipes that use pork mince instead but I find the texture to be less like your typical sausage roll.
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Sausage Rolls
Ingredients
- 6 (500g) pure pork sausages
- 1 onion, large, finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tablespoon parsley, dried or freshly chopped
- 2 sheets ready rolled puff pastry
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Remove the skins from the sausages and put sausage meat into a bowl.
- Add onion, garlic and parsley. Mix together.
- Mould the sausage meat into one long roll (the length of a pastry sheet) and place at one end of the pastry sheet.
- Roll the sheet up to tightly encase the sausage meat. Make sure both ends have enough meat.
- Cut the sausage roll into four equal serving sizes and place onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Brush with a little milk or spray with cooking spray.
- Bake for about 15-20 minutes in the centre oven rack or until pastry is golden brown.
Notes
- Add hidden vegetables in the sausage meat with either grated carrot, grated zucchini or finely chopped mushrooms.
- Add other herbs into the sausage meat such as a teaspoon of mixed herbs or oregano.
- When cutting the rolls into serving sizes, try wetting your knife first. This seems to cut the pastry without it dragging and pulling out of shape.
- Serve with a leafy green salad and a good dollop of tomato sauce. No additional carbs are required!