Sausage Rolls with a Twist

For a tasty twist on your average sausage roll you should really give these a spin.

Ingredients:

1lb best quality plain pork butchers sausage
1 small onion - peeled and finely diced
1 granny smith apple - peeled and finely diced
4 oz black pudding - finely diced
a handful of white breadcrumbs
8 oz pre-made puff pastry
1 egg - beaten

Pre-heat your oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.

Method:

1. Roll the puff pastry into a long rectangle just under ½ cm thick. Chill.

2. Place the diced black pudding on a tray and grill until crisp. Cool.

3. Heat a knob of butter in a frying pan over a medium heat and cook the onions until golden. Add the apples and cook until softened. Cool.

4. Slit the sausage skins with a sharp knife and squeeze the meat into a large bowl. Add all the other ingredients then, with clean hands, scrunch the mixture together.

5. Place the mixture in a line down one side of the pastry. Brush the edges with the beaten egg then fold the pastry over and press to seal the join. Cut into as many or few sausage rolls as you want, transfer to a baking tray lined with parchment and brush with beaten egg.

The sausage rolls can be chilled at this point until you are ready to bake them or frozen and defrosted at a later date. Place in your pre-heated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until risen and golden.