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Ingredients

  • a little oil, for greasing
  • 400g pack pork and apple sausage - about 6 fat sausages
  • 1 roasted red pepper from a jar, patted dry with kitchen paper
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ tsp chilli flakes (optional)
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • flour, for dusting
  • 250g ready-made puff pastry
  • baked beans or salad, to serve

Method

  • STEP 1

    Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Grease a baking tray with oil using a pastry brush, then cover it with baking parchment. Put to one side. Remove the meat from the sausage skins by snipping off the ends, then squeezing the sausagemeat into a bowl (see step 1).

  • STEP 2

    Cut the pepper into small pieces with scissors. Break the egg into the cup, beat with a fork, and save 2 tbsp for glazing. Add the red pepper and remaining egg to the sausagemeat with the chilli flakes, if using, and purée. Mix well with a fork or clean hands (step 2).

  • STEP 3

    Sprinkle some flour on the work surface. Using a rolling pin, roll out the pastry into a rough square shape, about 30 x 30cm. Put the pastry on the lined baking tray (step 3).

  • STEP 4

    Now spoon the filling down the middle of the pastry in a sausage shape – leave a little gap at the top and bottom (about 3cm) (step 4).

  • STEP 5

    Cut the pastry at a slight diagonal, on either side of the filling, into 1.5cm strips, the same number each side – we cut 12 strips each side. Brush the pastry all over with most of the saved egg (step 5).

  • STEP 6

    Tuck the top and bottom edges of the pastry over the filling. Starting at the top, lay the pastry strips over the filling, taking one from each side, to cross like a plait. Now brush the top all over with the last of the egg. Bake for 35-40 mins or until golden. Serve hot or cold with baked beans or salad (step 6).

RECIPE TIPS
FOR PARENTS

This is an excellent recipe for children of

all ages, as it doesn’t require any sharp

knives. Smaller children may need help

using scissors and rolling the pastry to the

desired shape, but don’t worry if it doesn’t

look perfect – it will still taste great!

EQUIPMENT YOU NEED

Baking tray

Pastry brush

Baking parchment

Kitchen scissors

Large mixing bowl

Kitchen paper

Cup

Fork, large spoon and cutlery knife

Measuring spoons

Rolling pin

Ruler

Oven gloves

BEFORE YOU START

Wash your hands,

tie back long hair,

if necessary, and

put on an apron.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2012

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