Sausage Rolls

This has been a little delayed but life got in the way unfortunately. This post will be short and sweet I think. Anyways, last Sunday I tried to make Gary's Sausage Roll recipe. Overall I thought they turned out great.

Firstly, the carrot puree. This turned out to be more difficult than I thought. The first batch burnt so had to throw it out. The second batch, managed to not burn it this time but not having a hand held blender made it a little difficult. Instead of a carrot puree, I had a carrot, buttery mess. Still managed to use it, and it didnt effect the taste (which is always a bonus).

The next thing was my onions. I noticed my knife skills have improed. Managed to get the onions nice and small. I didnt add thyme, as the recipe uses, instead I threw in some mixed herbs I had in the pantry. Turned out yummy and fragrant but not over powering which is awesome. Forgot to take a pic of them.

So now I have my carrots and onions ready, its now just a matter of combining it all with my pork and mince beef. Added some salt, pepper and breadcrumbs then it was ready to roll. This part was a little tricky at first because the mince was not combining the way I wanted it too. Taking extra care though, managed to get it rolled nice and tight.




Baked it in the oven a little longer than the recipe said, and I used butter puff pastry. If I make these again, I will probably use normal pastry because I found it a little too oily for my liking. Overall the sausage rolls were a success! Could have used more pepper but other than that, taste was great! Note to self, buy a hand held blender.