Pork and Cranberry Sausage Rolls

bluemoon downunder's Note:

Sounds delicious; sounds SO easy: found this recipe in today's 'Herald Sun Sunday magazine' and just had to post it here for safe-keeping! LOVE sage - and I'll most probably add rosemary to the sage as I have a nifty Rosemary and Sage grinder and I've discovered that these two work just SO well together. I'm planning on making these for over the Christmas break. And I'll certainly be adding minced garlic. UPDATE: since two reviewers have found that their sausage rolls were slightly burnt on the bottoms, if you know your oven is inclined to be perhaps hotter than some other ovens, perhaps cook them at a slightly lower temperature even if they take a bit longer to cook.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 16 ounces ground pork (for Americans) or 500 g pork mince (for Australians)
• 1 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 1/3 cup cranberry sauce
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons sage leaves, chopped
• sea salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 3 sheets puff pastry, halved
• 1 egg, extra, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons fennel seeds

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°-450°F/7-8 gas mark.
2. Place the ground pork/pork mince, breadcrumbs, cranberry sauce, egg, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix to combine.
3. Place 1/2 of the mixture along the middle of each pastry half and roll up to enclose, seam-side down.
4. Cut the rolls into pieces and place on baking trays lined with non-stick paper; brush with extra egg and sprinkle with the fennel seeds.
5. Bake for 25 minutes or until the sausage rolls are golden and cooked through.
6. TIP: uncooked rolls can be frozen for up to three months. Defrost them in the fridge before cooking.

Reviews

[puppitypup]

We liked them! But next time I will cook them at a lower temperature as the bottoms burned, even though I used the parchment paper and convection oven. Thank you for posting bluemoon, please see my rating system.

[breezermom]

I really enjoyed these. Served at a football watching party today, and they were gobbled up! I decreased the amount of sage, used a mix of ground pork and veal, added minced garlic, and decreased the fennel seeds. Next time I will leave out the sage, and add some nutmeg and allspice for a different taste. Great recipe! Made for Please Review My Recipe Tag.

[Sydney Mike]

Took Lorrie's suggestion & doubled the recipe, then froze one just to see how it would be after a couple of weeks! The rest were served as part of a dippy-dinner & they were a big hit! I'd put out several sauces, one being my usual holiday cranberry sauce & the other more a salsa-cranberry combo & both were very good, though I liked the cranberry sauce better! Thanks for A GREAT KEEPER! [Tagged, made in Please Review My Recipe]