Ingredients
You will need for 16 sausage rolls:
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 small apple, peeled and finely chopped
80g cooked and peeled chestnuts, finely chopped
400g good quality sausages
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh sage
Butter or oil for frying
Salt and pepper
1 pack readymade and rolled puff pastry
Milk or egg for brushing
Method
Melt a large knob of butter in a large frying pan on a medium heat. Add the onion, apple and sage and fry for 5-6 minutes or until softened.
Add the chestnuts, salt and pepper and cook for a few minutes longer. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
Remove the sausage meat from the sausages (I find squeezing the best method) and put into a large bowl. Add the chestnut mix and combine well.
Roll out the pastry on a floured surface to a rectangle 10 x 12 inches then cut the pastry so you have two 5 x 12 inch pieces.
Divide the sausage mix in half and roll each half into a long sausage shape the same length as the pastry.
Place the sausage mix onto the pastry, dampen one edge of the pastry with egg or milk then roll it up.
Seal the edges well then turn the roll over so the seal is underneath.
Cut the rolls into 1-2 inch lengths and use scissors to snip in the top of each individual roll.
Brush each one with more milk or egg, put onto a baking tray and then bake in the oven at 200C for 30-35 minutes.
When I used to make sausage rolls with my Granny she would somehow be able to roll them, cut them and glaze them in the blink of an eye. My attempt was somewhat messier, there was flour everywhere, but the outcome was the same. Crisp, golden pastry surrounding savoury and slightly sweet sausage meat. A little more interesting than your standard sausage roll.
Of course after my success with her recipe I had to report back and tell her my findings. She told me that you can now get ready made pastry with herbs in and that it would be well worth a try with sausage rolls. When I do try that I must remember not to eat them all and save some to take round for my grandparents to try. Or make twice as many.
Ohhhh this sausage rolls look so good! Great finger food for a holiday party! It’s amazing how your grandma can roll up and make so fast!
Oh my gosh, I need to make these!
So nice to get old recipes like that! Granny recipes tend to be the best. This one sure looks good – so nice. Thanks!
In my opinion you can’t have sausage rolls without tomato ketchup to dunk them in!
Classic recipes hand down will always be superb and I see it though the pictures.
Definitely festive and they look fantastic! Would you like to link it to my Christmas event?
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How fun to cook with your grandmother and have her recipes! She must love getting to see you cook her dishes.
good god they look good… I haven’t made sausage rolls yet so I may defer to these on my first bake… love how golden they are, totally gorgeous!
Sage and chestnuts get me into the Holiday spirit—yum!
Those sausage rolls look fabulous! I love the add of chestnuts.
These look so tempting and how brilliant that we all get to share your Granny’s recipe.
They look perfect and so yum!
I wish I had my granny’s recipes! 🙁 I think I have a couple desserts maybe…i should check. I love the twist you did by combining these recipes into one. They sound amazing. I’m making these this weekend for sure…my hubby would LOVE them (and me too) 🙂
tried and true! that quality as well as the combination of sausage and puff pastry assures me that this must be magnificent. 🙂
Fantàsticos rollos me encanta su relleno muy sabrosos,abrazos.