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Sausage roll

Flaky on top, hot in the middle, eaten out of a paper bag.

Sausage roll
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How to make sausage roll

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From a block of pastry

45 minutes · serves 6 · Easy

What you need

  • 500g puff pastry
  • 500g good sausagemeat
  • 1 onion, grated
  • 1 tsp sage
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 egg, beaten

What you do

  1. 1Squeeze the grated onion dry in a cloth and mix it into the meat with the herbs and plenty of pepper.
  2. 2Roll the pastry into two long rectangles. Pipe or spoon the meat in a line down each.
  3. 3Brush one edge with egg, roll over, seal seam-side down, and press with a fork.
  4. 4Chill 20 minutes — warm pastry will not puff.
  5. 5Cut into lengths, slash the tops, egg wash, and bake at 200C for 25 minutes.

With apple

45 minutes · serves 6 · Easy

What you need

  • 500g puff pastry
  • 500g sausagemeat
  • 1 apple, grated
  • Sage
  • Mustard
  • Egg

What you do

  1. 1Squeeze the grated apple dry and mix with the meat, sage and a spoon of mustard.
  2. 2Roll, seal, chill and bake as above.