I have made dozens and dozens of mini sausage rolls over the years to this recipe here. Then last year we were invited to a friend's house for a bbq party and amongst the nibbles for apéros a plate of tiny sausage rolls appeared on the table. They were made using mini frankfurters, were very cute, dainty and tasty so I decided to have a go at making them myself.
The sausages come in tubs or shrink wrapped packs of various quantities.
If you can't get mini ones, use long frankfurters and cut them into shorter pieces.
They were easier to make than using sausage meat. Very quick and one pack of the little sausages contains enough to create about thirty of them. I made mine by dividing the rolled pack of puff pastry into half lengthwise but this gave each roll quite a thick blanket of pastry. I think that next time I would try dividing the the pastry into three to get more sausage rolls with thinner pastry out of one sheet.
However, they were very tasty, very popular and I will definitely be using them again.
Follow the guidelines in my recipe for mini sausage rolls but arrange the little sausages in a line along one strip of pastry and cut it into the right length for each one before rolling up.
I think I might spread the pastry with a thin layer of good quality brown sauce before rolling it round the Frank's to give an extra hit of flavour
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea!!
DeleteI have never seen those little ones, I must look harder, Diane
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