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golden baked sausage rolls laid out on paper on a wooden chopping board ready to eat, fresh thyme sprinkled around

Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls

Robyn
With crispy golden flaky pastry wrapped around a soft and delicious juicy filling, these pork and apple sausage rolls are guaranteed to be eaten in minutes!
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 14 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
cooling time for vegetables 15 minutes
Course dinner, Lunch, Snacks | Lunchbox
Cuisine Australian, English
Servings 12 sausage rolls
Calories 241 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ tablespoon olive oil ($0.08 / £0.04)
  • 1 small brown onion, finely diced ($0.45 / £0.10)
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed ($0.13 / £0.03)
  • 1 small carrot, finely grated ($0.35 / £0.06)
  • ½ small apple, finely grated ($0.53 / £0.15)
  • ½-1 teaspoon fennel seeds ($0.15 / £0.02)
  • 400g (14 oz) pork sausages, approx 4 sausages ($4.00 / £1.80)
  • 17g (⅓c) breadcrumbs ($0.12 / £0.09)
  • 1 spring fresh thyme / ½ teaspoon dried thyme ($0.04 / £0.01)
  • ½ teaspoon dijon mustard ($0.04 / £0.01)
  • black pepper ($0.02 / £0.01)
  • 1 sheet puff pastry (approx 160-170g in weight) ($0.38 / £0.43)
  • ½ teaspoon fennel seeds, for the top, optional ($0.07 / £0.01)
  • ½ teaspoon sesame seeds, for the top, optional ($0.02 / £0.02)
  • 1 egg, for the top, optional ($0.35 / £0.18)

Instructions
 

  • Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a low to medium heat and gently fry the diced onion for 5 minutes.
  • Add the crushed garlic and grated carrot and cook for 3 minutes.
  • Add the grated apple and fennel seeds and cook for 2-3 minutes, until any liquid has evaporated and the vegetables are soft.
  • Leave to cool.
  • Preheat the oven to 190˚C fan/ 210˚C / 410˚F.
  • Line a baking tray with baking parchment/baking paper.
  • Once the vegetables are cool, make the filling:
  • In a medium mixing bowl squeeze the sausage meat out from the sausage casings. Add the breadcrumbs, thyme, dijon mustard, cooled apple and carrot, and season with black pepper.
  • Mix well to combine.
  • Lay out your pastry sheet on a wooden board and cut it in half to make 2 rectangles.
  • Spoon half the sausage mixture down the centre of one rectangle. Repeat with the other filling and rectangle.
  • Using a little beaten egg (or milk or water if not using an egg), brush down one long side of the pastry, then roll the pastry over the sausage mixture. Repeat with the other rectangle.
  • Cut each long sausage roll in half, then cut each half in to 3.
  • Place on a lined baking tray, leaving a little bit of room in between each sausage roll.
  • Brush with a little beaten egg and then sprinkle with fennel seeds or sesame seeds.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden and cooked through.

Notes

Estimated costs: Australia $6.73. Per sausage roll = $0.56
UK £2.96. Per sausage roll = 27p
America - I am yet to calculate the estimated ingredients costs to make this recipe in the US. If you would find it useful please contact me and I'll get calculating :) 
Sausages - use the best quality pork sausages that you can. You can buy 400g sausage meat rather than sausages to save squeezing the sausage meat out from the cases.
Onion - brown or red onion.
Garlic - a clove of fresh garlic, but if you don't have any, substitute with one third of a teaspoon of dried garlic.
Mustard - dijon mustard adds extra flavour, you can't taste it though.
Carrot - adds extra flavour (and ups the veggies in these sausage rolls!)
Apple - Use any eating apple you like, such as Pink Lady, Granny Smith, or Golden Delicious.
Fennel seeds - fennel and pork go so well together, but if you aren't keen on this aniseedy spice then use ½ teaspoon instead and don't sprinkle them on top.
Breadcrumbs - I have used homemade breadcrumbs here, whizzing up a slice of bread in a mini blender, but you can use bought breadcrumbs too.
Puff pastry - I like to use Pampas puff pastry sheets, available in the freezer in Australian supermarkets. Each sheet is approx 160g, which is equivalent to half a Jus-roll puff pastry sheet or just over a quarter of a 500g puff pastry block if you are in the UK.
Egg free sausage rolls - the egg wash is purely optional so you can leave it out. Use milk or water to seal the pastry. The egg wash makes the sausage rolls lovely and shiny and a beautiful golden brown, so keep this in mind if you leave out this step. 

Nutrition

Calories: 241kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 7gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 285mgPotassium: 146mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 903IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
Keyword kids lunch recipe, kids snacks, puff pastry, puff pastry sausage rolls, sausage rolls

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