Sausage Rolls are favourite for children and adults alike ~ I have never placed a plate full of these down and had left overs... they are perfect for a family dinner, party food and school lunches and you can freeze them!!! For me these quick beauties are an opportunity to give my kids food that they love with the nutrition I know their growing bodies need. This recipe is a perfect example of how quick and tasty food can also be healthy!
Homemade Sausage Rolls You will need.... 800g mince ~ I used beef but you could also use pork, turkey, chicken or lamb... kangaroo probably won't work but the others would be fine... or even try a combo! ...... 2 small brown onions sliced oh so fine ~ use your mandolin....... 1 medium sized celeriac peeled and grated..... a small amount of olive oil.... a handful of parsley chopped fine.... 2 eggs....1/3 cup of plain flour..... 1/3 cup of walnuts chopped coarsely(optional)...... 2 packets of Careme Shortcrust with sour cream Pastry.... salt to taste.....The trick to these is not to be too precious.... bang them together and get them in the oven!!
Take your onions and celeriac and place them in a deep based pan with enough olive oil to cover the bottom of your dish.... and then sweat them down.... celeriac goes all smooth and mushy when cooked this way and that is what you are looking for.... it will take about ten minutes....keep the heat on medium because you are not wanting to fry these sweeties just sweat them....
While we are doing this get your parsley chopped fine and if you are going to add walnuts then chop them a bit also.....
What I do here is transfer my onions and celeriac into a big bowl and spread them as thin as you can to cool them down quickly....
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| onion, celeriac ,parsley and walnuts |
Now this is the quick part.... eggs in, meat in, parsley and walnuts in and mix....after combined then stir in the flour and this bit is done.... oh add a good pinch of salt here....
Next take your pastry and roll it out a bit...you can go thinner than how the pastry comes... you can always make your own... use a standard short crust pastry recipe here... using wholemeal flour would make me feel like mother of the year.....Cut your pastry into lengths like so.....Then spoon on your filling like so and roll over and fork down....
Then into an oven @ around 180 -200c... you don't want your oven too hot as the pastry cooks but not the filling.... which is ewwwwww
Let them cool and cut into portions....
Yoghurt Garlic Dipping Sauce....
Is so easy!!! Take a good quality yoghurt ~ nice and thick.... about one cup....take a clove of garlic and a little pinch of rock salt and cream your garlic in a mortar and pestle....and add to the yoghurt.... grate a small Lebanese cucumber on fine and squeeze out all the liquid you can before adding to the yoghurt/garlic mix....chop in a few sprigs of mint and combine....have a taste and adjust accordingly.... keep in mind that the garlic will bloom in this... that is get stronger.... so don't be too heavy handed!
We had this with a blanched green bean and broccoli salad... so yummy....
If you want to pack these in tomorrow's lunch.... hide them!
yours,
Honey Lady
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