Pork & Apple Sausage Roll Recipe | How To Make Tutorial

puff pastry

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pastry

💰Cheaper: homemade pastry

Whole wheat pastry adds fiber and nutrients.

pork sausage meat

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Chicken sausage is lower in fat.

apple

🥗Healthier: pear

💰Cheaper: canned apple

Pears provide similar sweetness and moisture.

sage

🥗Healthier: parsley

💰Cheaper: dried sage

Parsley is a milder herb that can substitute fresh sage.

Place 400 g of sausage meat into a mixing bowl.

Heat a frying pan over medium heat and toast 2 g of fennel seeds until they release their aroma.

Remove from heat and crush the fennel seeds using a mortar and pestle or chop them with a knife.

Cut one Granny Smith apple into small dice.

Peel and grate one clove of garlic on a microplane.

Finely chop 5 g of flat leaf parsley.

Add the diced apple, crushed fennel seeds, grated garlic, and chopped parsley into the sausage meat.

If the sausage meat isn't seasoned, add a pinch of salt and pepper; otherwise, just add a few cracks of black pepper.

Mix all the ingredients together until well combined, using a spoon or your hands.

Place the mixture into a piping bag and store it in the fridge until ready to use.

Roll out one pack of shop-bought ready-rolled puff pastry and brush it all over with egg yolk.

Cut the end off the piping bag to create an opening roughly around an inch wide.

Pipe the sausage meat into the center of the pastry, leaving a small overhang at each end for shrinkage.

Fold the pastry over the sausage meat and press it firmly on the other side, using the parchment paper for a smooth finish.

Peel back the parchment paper and use a fork to press along the edge to ensure a tight seal.

Trim off any excess pastry.

Brush the pastry all over with more egg yolk, ensuring an even layer.

Place the pastry in the fridge for 5 to 10 minutes until the yolk sets slightly.

Brush the pastry again with egg yolk for a rich dark color.

Optionally, score the pastry without cutting all the way through, just to mark the glaze.

Sprinkle with onion seeds and sea salt flakes before placing it in the oven.

Preheat the oven to 170°C fan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until golden on top and cooked through.

Once baked, leave to cool on a cooling rack before portioning into desired sizes.

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