There’s nothing more satisfying than a Sausage Plait on a cold summers day in August – eh?
You heard me, it’s ridiculously cold for this time of year so I craved a hearty autumnal meal… Ok, I started to write this last week when I’d all but given up hope of having a British summer, as I type this now it’s 10am and the heat must already be 20C outside!
Still this sausage plait was a yummy unexpected treat to have in August so I’m sharing it with you, you’ll notice I’ve gone for the easy option and used a packet of ready-made pastry, I’m ashamed to say I’ve still not plucked up the courage to make my own pastry after a few historical disasters, watch this space though, I will do it!
Really simple to make, especially if, like me, you use ready made gluten free pastry! I've added apple for moisture and celery for a little crunch but this meal is so flexible so have fun with it.
- 1 packet of gluten free puff pastry
- 6 GF sausages
- 1 stick celery
- 1 small carrot
- 1 small eating apple
- parsley
- 1 egg beaten
- Roll out pastry (if in a block) to half a centimetre thickness, otherwise unroll your pastry sheet
- (this is the fun bit!) Cut the ends off the sausages and squeeze the meat out of it's skins into a bowl.
- Add the finely diced celery, carrot and apple, a pinch or two of parsley and seasoning if you think it necessary.
- Add the sausage meat down the centre of the pastry length ways.
- Cut the pastry either side of the sausage meat at a slight downward angle - I made each strip about 1-2cm thick.
- From the top overlap a strip on each side - right to left, left to right and so on until you've reached the bottom. No need to seal ends unless you want to make it prettier?
- Brush the plait with the beaten egg and add a touch of salt and cracked pepper.
- Cook on middle shelf at 200C 35-40 mins - you may need to cover to prevent over-browning
- serve immediately or allow to cool for picnics and ploughman's.
Like the look of this sausage plait? You’ll love these;
Pirate Picnic & Treasure Hunts; with debbie&andrew’s Sausages
Check it out! I’ve shared with these other blogs
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My mouth is watering! I’d love a slice of this right now! Puff pastry…come on you can do it! With my recipe and flour I can assure you that you will not have any more puff pastry making disasters!
hahaha, keep prodding me Vicki until I pluck up the courage…fear of failure holding me back, such a sodding perfectionist!
Tee hee . It really is do easy Rebecca . Vicki’s flour makes perfect puff pastry.
Well perfect everything ?
Oooh fab! I do love a nice easy peasy recipe – and this one’s so pretty! I’m with you on the ready made pastry thing. I do occasionally make my own, but mostly buy as it makes everything so much quicker and simpler!! I especially love those ready made tart cases that you just pop your filling in and you are ready to go – love how professional they look and it takes all of about 5 minutes to make the most fabulous looking tart – usually filled with some kind of ganache!! :-D Eb x
I love the filling and the fact that these look so very appealing too – ordinary sausage rolls usually don’t. Great recipe idea!