Sausage rolls

The little people and I whipped up these sausage rolls in 10 minutes, and dinner was on the table half an hour later.

This was 'spur of the moment' cooking. We are going away for a week's holiday, so I have let the fridge run down. I thought I had some lasagna in the freezer that I was going to defrost for the little people, but someone must have eaten it!

I had some beef mince, so I popped across the road to the convenience store from some shortcrust pastry, and there you have it - sausage rolls.

These looked impressive baking in the oven, tasted great and were a hit with the children. These would be great as a Sunday afternoon footy snack, served at the children's party, school lunchboxes, or even as an easy weekend lunch, with some salad.

What you'll need

*This recipe made three large sausage rolls, which I sliced into eight smaller pieces each, so about 24 small sausage rolls. 

500g beef mince
2 eggs
1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/2 tsp each dried thyme and dried rosemary
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tbl Worcestershire sauce
20 g melted butter
Salt and pepper

275g packet shortcrust pastry, approximately 45cm x 25cm. Pastry sliced into three sections, 15cm wide.

What to do

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Mix mince with breadcrumbs, herbs, eggs and garlic. Season well with salt and pepper.

Lay out the pastry on a lined baking tray. Cut it into three sections, 15cm wide. Spoon one third of the mince into the middle of the pastry, then spread it out with your fingers so that you have a long 'sausage' of mince running down the center of the pastry, from top to bottom. This is a great job for little people.

                   

Fold each side of the pastry into the middle over the mince, and join at the top. I just squished the pastry together with my fingers to join it together.

Using a pastry brush, paint some melted butter into each roll to help the pastry brown. I sprinkled the rolls with some dried thyme and some salt.

Place in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.

Once brown, remove from the oven and let cool for five minutes. Slice with a sharp knife into whatever size you'd like.

Serve with tomato sauce (of course) and some salad for a meal or by themselves for a snack.