97% Pork Sausage Rolls

Prep time: 10 mins - Cook Time: 20-25 mins - Makes 12 sausage rolls

Sausage rolls make a great picnic or buffet snack and are delicious either hot or cold. Wrap our Heck 97% pork sausages in buttery pastry for little parcels of perfection.  

Ingredients

• 1 pack HECK! 97% Pork Sausages
• 3 tsp fresh sage leaves, chopped
• 250g ready-made puff pastry 
• 1 egg beaten for brushing 
• plain flour for rolling

• 1/2 tsp sunflower seeds, lightly crushed 
• 1/4 tsp nigella seeds 

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200˚C
2. Place block of pastry onto a surface dusted with flour. Roll out the pastry to approximately 30cmx26cm cut in half horizontally. 
3. In a bowl combine all the sausages together with the freshly chopped sage leaves. Mash together with a fork. Divide the mixture in two.
4. Place half the mixture just off centre along the width of the pastry, brush the edge with beaten egg and carefully fold over the pastry, repeat with the other section.
5. Cut each long strip into 6 sausages rolls depending on size required, with the blade of the knife crimp the edge.
6. on a baking sheet and brush with beaten egg, cut 2 little snicks at the top of each sausage roll for decoration.
7. Combine the seeds together and sprinkle over the top of the rolls.
8. Place in the oven and cook for 20 – 25 minutes or until puffed and golden and cooked through, remove to a cooling rack after 5 minutes.

Enjoy!