Homemade sausage roll recipe
Ingredients
Makes 18 small sausage rolls
- 500g pork mince
- 1 tablespoon rapeseed oil
- 1 onion, peeled and finely diced
- 2 celery stalks, peeled and finely diced
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed
- 2 tablespoons of chopped base herbs (rosemary, oregano or thyme, or a mix)
- 1/2 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
- A good grind of black pepper
- 2 pinches of Maldon sea salt
- 320g ready rolled puff pastry
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
You will need a roasting tray lined with baking paper.
Timings
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Total time: 1 hour
Homemade sausage roll recipe
Just the smell of sausage rolls is enough to get me going! I understand that we usually focus on healthful food in my recipes, but sometimes it’s simply nice to know how you can make homemade alternatives to ultra-processed food. Sausage rolls are a staple in our family and I always feel much better making them from scratch (not so much the pastry but the mix at least), as then I know what’s in them. I can also then make them gluten-free by using gluten-free puff pastry. The sausage rolls don’t take long and you can pre-make them and have them chilling in the fridge or freezer until you are ready to cook them. Serve with sliced carrots, cucumbers and peppers for a lovely lunch, snack-on-the-go, or an easy dinner. Poppy seeds make a lovely addition!
Method
Preheat the oven to 180/350/gas 4. Take the pastry out of the fridge to bring it up to room temperature to make sure it is maleable.
Put the rapeseed oil in a frying pan and add the chopped onion and celery. SautƩ over a very gentle heat for 10 minutes. Add the garlic and herbs and sautƩ for a further 5 minutes, stirring from time to time to stop it from catching. Add the Dijon mustard and stir.
Take off the heat and pour in to a large bowl. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Add the pork mince, salt and pepper and give it a really good mix using your hands or a wooden spoon.
Lay out the pastry on the baking parchment and make two long vertical lines of pork mince. Cut the pastry vertically in the middle of the lines of pork. Roll the pastry over the pork, making sure that the join is at the bottom.
Brush with the beaten egg and slice carefully. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and the juices are clear. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
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You may have to pull the pastry quite taught over the pork mince. This is fine! If you have any holes, simply patch them together with your fingers. For a vegetarian option, try making the Butternut, feta and red onion puffs and roll the pastry instead of folding it into a triangle.”
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