Pork & Apple Sausage Rolls

Homemade sausage rolls are so easy and a great easy meal.  In our house we have them with a garden salad and homemade coleslaw.  I like that you can put whatever you like in the mince, hide some vegies like grated carrot or zucchini.  Don't bother with sausage mince or combining pork and beef, just go with pork, its much lighter and full of flavour.

500g pork mince
1 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves - finely chopped
1 onion - finely chopped
2 granny smith apples - grated
2 carrots - grated
Handful of flat leaf parsley and mint - finely chopped
salt and pepper
3 sheets of puff pastry
1 beaten egg

Heat oven to 220C.

Combine garlic cloves and onion with the olive oil in a small bowl.  Cook in microwave for about 3 minutes, making sure you stir half way through.  Let it cool.

Combine apple, carrot, mince, parsley and mint in a bowl and mix well.  (You could add a beaten egg here but the grated apple is very moist as is).  Add the garlic and onion mixture.

Defrost the pastry so it is slightly soft.  Spoon the pork mixture onto the pastry at the bottom of the sheet, spreading it out all the way across the sheet, but make sure you leave a little edge to fold.  Fold the pastry up over the mince then paint some egg wash across the pastry so it sticks as you continue to roll.  Roll the pastry all the way to the other end and then brush the whole long roll with egg wash.  Poke some more mince into either end if they need filling out.

Slice the roll up into whatever size sausage roll you would like to eat.  Line baking tray with baking paper and place rolls onto tray.

Cook in oven for about 30 mins.

Serve with homemade coleslaw or green salad or both.

Enjoy.

ST :)