recipe for sausage rolls, please

Essex-girl_2

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on this thread especially Pink as today for the first time ever I made sausage rolls. They were lovely & I normally dont like them, the rest of the family loved them too.

Put a bit too much sausage meat it so will adjust that next time but there definately will be a next time.

Thanks again.
x

Ballymackeonan

Congrats Essex-Girl!

Other ideas for next time...

I've made them with skinned sausages and added in grated carrot and finely chopped onion, plus some herbs - it's a good way of stretching the sausagemeat!

Or you could do cheese rolls - strong cheddar, grated, some chopped onions, mix with some creamed potatoes (either leftover potato or packet mash and a little milk)

blueberrypie

I also made sausage rolls for the first time ever recently - but I made vegetarian sausage rolls - and nobody could tell the difference LOL. My kids all loved them (my meat-loving, chocolate-loving 9yo even said they were better than chocolate!)

Essex-girl_2

Thanks Bally

Yes I am definately gonna play around, I have (years ago) eaten sausage rolls with some tomato in the sausagemeat as well - will give that a try as well.

Cant believe I used to think they were faffy & too much trouble to make. Thats why I love this board.

Will definatly try the cheese ones too.

jackie_w

Hello there,

I want to make sausage rolls, but dont know how to make the pastry.

I saw it on delia last night and I thought it would save me loads if I made these for snacks/lunches.

She added sage & onion to the sausagemeat. Would dried sage do? I dont have any fresh herbs as they would go to waste.
Also, would you cook the onions first before adding them?

Sorry for all the questions, but im really determined to start and really cook for my family, im fed up giving my money way to supermarkets etc when I should be trying to make these things myself, and they will probably be alot more healthy for my family anyway.


Jackie xx

Sucker_for_sweeties

Hi

I have warm hands, and any pastry I attempt turns into slabs.

I cheat now and use the pastry blocks, puff, shortcrust etc.

Dried herbs should be fine, just don't add too much, as they tend to be stronger. I never cook my onions first, but chop them tiny.

HTH

Woofles

Sucker_for_sweeties wrote: »

Hi

I have warm hands, and any pastry I attempt turns into slabs.

I cheat now and use the pastry blocks, puff, shortcrust etc.

Dried herbs should be fine, just don't add too much, as they tend to be stronger. I never cook my onions first, but chop them tiny.

HTH

Me to, I just don't have pastry hands, the flaky or rough puff frozen is very good. As Sucker for Sweeties said make sure the onions are really well chopped, I didn't do them fine enough on my first attempt, which was ok 'cos there was only me eating them.

Bronnie

Shortcrust pastry is quick and easy to make, once you know the technique and is probably the pastry to master first (apologies if you already know this!!)

However sausage rolls are usually made with puff or rough puff pastry, which is a bit more of a fiddle, time consuming and is more expensive to make than shortcrust as it contains a higher proportion of fat (I prefer butter!).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/puffpastry_1281.shtml

For these reasons, even many experienced cooks will buy frozen or chilled puff pastry.

It's cheaper to buy in a block and roll out yourself than to buy ready rolled sheets. The Waitrose one is good value for money if you want one just containing the ingredients you'd use at home.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/FindProducts.aspx?Query=%20puff%20pastry&SortBy=3

Zazen999

Agreed; buy it chilled or frozen. I just put this on another thread; but buy it chilled and you can chop it into portions and then use it as you need it - one pumpkin pie at a time!

I don't do meat; but you can use dried sage, and also raw onion as it all cooks whilst in the oven. Just chop finely!

jackie_w

Thanks everyone, I have frozen puff pastry in the freezer, so I think I will just use that.

jackie xx