Michael Van de Elzen Sausage Rolls

Makes three long rolls. Prep time: 15 mins. Cooking time: 30 mins.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp olive oil
1 small brown onion, peeled and finely sliced
500g chicken mince
1 courgette, grated
2 tsp smoked sea salt
½ cup breadcrumbs
2 tbsp cold water
3 sheets puff pastry
1 egg, lightly beaten
½ tbsp each poppy seeds, sesame seeds and flax seeds
method:
1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Heat oil in a small frying pan over a medium heat. Add onion and sauté until caramelised.
2. In a large bowl, combine onion with chicken, courgette, salt, breadcrumbs and cold water. Mix well, and divide mince into three portions.
3. Lay out pastry sheets and spread chicken mix across the centre of each. Fold sheets in half away from you, then roll in half again so there is a double layer of pastry at the base of the sausage roll. Brush top of rolls with egg, then sprinkle a different seed over each roll. Cook in oven for 30 minutes.
4. Serve with butterbean hummus (recipe below).
butterbean hummus
Prep time: 5 mins
ingredients:
1 x 400g tin butterbeans, drained
1 tbsp tahini
1 tbsp olive oil
juice of ½ lemon
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp water
method:
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blitz until smooth.
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Recipes extracted from Fast: Good Home Cooking by Michael Van de Elzen
Published by Random House, RRP$49.99


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