Sausage, Bacon, Chicken and Sundried Tomato Roll - Recipe

Ingredients

1 large skinless chicken breast
3 rashers of bacon
3 sausages
6 sundried tomatoes
1 pack of pre-rolled puff pastry
1 egg, beaten
2 tsp mixed herbs
1 garlic clove
25g sesame seed

Method to the madness

Take the skin off the sausages and drop the meat into a food processor along with the chicken, bacon, sundried tomatoes and mixed herbs, with some salt and pepper seasoning. Whizz it for a few minutes until combined.

Roll the pastry out on a floured surface and cut in half length ways. Spread the meat out along one half, leaving a 2cm gap around the outside.

Brush the edge with the beaten egg and then place the other half of the pastry on top. Press around the outside with a fork to seal and cut a few slits across the top.

Heat the overn to 200c/180 fan/gas 6. Place the roll on some baking paper, brush with more egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds before popping into the oven for 20 mins, until golden brown.

 This is so tasty, hot or cold and with a salad on the side. Enjoy!

C xxx

Sausage and Egg Pie - Recipe

Ingredients

6 eggs
800g sausages
Mixed herbs
500g puff pastry
A beaten egg
Salt and pepper

Method to the madness

Bring a pan of water to a boil and boil the eggs for 4 minutes. Plunge directly into cold water and leave. Then skin the sausages and mix with the herbs and season with salt and pepper.

 

Peel the eggs carefully - this took me forever! I don't think there is any quick way, but let me know in the comments if there is!

Divide the pastry in half and roll half of it into a rectangle that fits in a baking tray. Grease the tray with butter and lay the pastry on top. Add a layer of sausage meat, leaving a little space around the outside. Put the eggs down the middle, making a little groove with your thumb as you go for added stability.

Next build the remaining sausage meat around the eggs.

Roll out the other half of the pastry. Brush the edges of the first sheet with beaten egg and lay the other sheet of pastry over the top, pressing to stick and crimping to pimp. Now brush all over with egg and make a few slits in the top. 

Preheat the oven to 200C. Brush with a beaten egg or milk before baking for 25-30 minutes until a light brown in colour. Try not to eat in one sitting.

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