Sausage rolls

Name: Sausage rolls
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes 8
Ingredients: 1 egg, beaten with a pinch of salt; 1 quantity puff pastry; 2 French shallots, finely chopped; 10 g (¼ oz) unsalted butter; pinch of mixed spice; 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley; 250 g (8 oz) sausage mince

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Quiches & Pastries

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Versatile, crisp, golden puff pastry filled with well-seasoned sausage mince. Sausage rolls are a light luncheon or picnic dish with salad or a lunch-box standby. Mini sausage rolls would make elegant cocktail savouries for special occasions.

Ingredients

10 g (¼ oz) unsalted butter
2 French shallots, finely chopped

Pastry
Lunch

Method

Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the shallots. Cover and cook over moderate heat for 5 minutes, or until softened. Remove from the pan and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Put the sausage mince in a bowl and add the shallots, mixed spice and parsley. Season with salt and pepper, and mix well. Roll the sausage mince out with well-floured palms on a well-floured surface