Big Sausage Rolls for Picnics / Lunch

Lovely tangy sausage rolls perfect for a picnic, to take to lunch or served warm straight out of the oven!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  ounce butter
• 3 1⁄2 ounces button mushrooms, finely chopped
• 1  tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1  tablespoon Tabasco sauce
• 1  tablespoon dried thyme
• 1  lb sausage meat
•  salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1  lb premade puff pastry, rolled
• 1  free-range egg, beaten

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Melt the butter in a large frying pan and fry the mushrooms until soft. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. Add the Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, thyme and sausage meat and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mix until thoroughly combined.
4. Cut the puff pastry into 8 x 2½-inch strips.
5. Place a layer of sausage meat mixture down the middle of each pastry strip, then brush with beaten egg on one edge.
6. Fold the other side of the pastry over onto the egg-washed edge. Press down to seal and trim any excess.
7. Place the sausage rolls onto a baking tray and transfer to the oven to bake for 18-20 minutes, or until crisp and golden and the sausage meat is completely cooked through.