what makes a sausage roll?

At the risk of becoming a Jamie Oliver wanabee, due to overwhelming demand here is a simple recipe for sausage rolls.

Filling. Mix: 500 gm pork and veal, or pork mince, or pork and chicken- or at a pinch beef (or vego substitute).
2 finely grated carrots
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 finely chopped onion
1 tb fresh thyme leaves
4 chopped sage leaves (or other herbs to taste)
3 crushed cloves garlic

Pastry: You can use filo, puff, or flaky (flaky is best cause it makes more mess when you eat).
Roll up the filling in the pastry. Don't make it too thick, or the pastry will burn before the insides cook, but don't make it stingy either. About the thickness of two or three sausages is perfect. You can make long or small rolls.

Bake at 200C for15- 25 minutes, or till light brown- small rolls will take less time to cook. The rolls are best straight from the oven but can be reheated.

Great with tomato sauce or whatever you call it in your neck of the woods.

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