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Italian Sausage Rolls

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These are my go to for pretty much any occasion. Picnic on a park? Italian sausage rolls. People coming for dinner that you want to impress? Italian sausage rolls. Think all the comfort of a sausage roll but with the push of Italian flavours. Im talking garlic, pecorino, fennel & my secret ingredient anchovies. These sausage rolls are so simply but always seem to impress. And the best part: frying up the sausage meat to taste for seasoning (chef’s perks).

Italian Sausage Rolls

Makes ~20-24 mini rolls | 20 min prep / 25-35 min cooking

Ingredients

400g sausage meat (or sausages removed from casing)

2 fat cloves of garlic, minced

3 anchovy fillets, finely chopped

Handful of parsley, finely chopped

2 tbsp fennel seeds,  ground (use pestle mortar, coffee grinder or a sharp knife)

1tbsp freshly grated parmesan

1tbsp  freshly grated pecorino (or another tbsp parm)

½ tsp dried thyme

1.5 tsp oregano

¼ tsp garlic powder

¼ tsp onion powder

A few shakes of chilli flakes

1 roll puff pastry

1 egg + splash milk beaten

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan
  2. Add all ingredients apart from the pastry, egg and milk to a bowl. Add some freshly ground pepper and a pinch of salt (you won’t need much as the cheese and anchovies are already quite salty). Mix until combined
  3. Taste the sausage mixture by frying a small amount and adjust seasoning accordingly
  4. Once happy with the seasoning, unroll your puff pastry and cut in half lengthwise. 
  5. Form half the sausage mix into a log going the length of one piece of the pastry. The sausage should be even in width and reach end to end.
  6. Brush the egg mix along the far side of each pastry piece running parallel to the sausage. Roll the near side of the pastry over the sausage, keep rolling until it hits the egg wash. Repeat on the second piece of pastry.
  7. With the seam pointing down, brush the top of the logs with egg wash. Cut each log into 10-12 pieces (or less, depending on the size you want). Arrange these on a baking sheet lined with non-stick paper.
  8. Bake for 25-35 mins until golden brown. Enjoy still warm from the oven!