To make these delicious sausage rolls, you will need the following items:

Ingredients:

• a packet of shop bought ready made puff pastry
• 6 large good quality pork sausages
•  1 beaten egg to glaze
• flour to roll and dust the pastry

Method:

• Preheat the oven to gas mark 7/ 200°C.
• Roll out the pastry on a floured surface (if the pastry is too thick the sausage rolls will be soggy in parts) making a rectangular shape.
• Cut the pastry shape in half to give two separate pieces of pastry.
• Carefully remove the skin from the sausages.
• Lightly roll the sausage meat between your palms to loosen the meat a little.
• Place the sausage meat along the centre of the pastry.
• Using a sharp knife cut strips from the sausage meat through the pastry to the edge of the pastry.
• Plait the pastry over the sausage meat working down the pastry.
• Gentle pat the pastry strips with a finger to bring together.
• Lightly oil and flour a baking tray and place the sausage rolls on the tray.
• Using a pastry brush, brush the sausage rolls evenly with a little beaten egg.
• Place the sausage rolls in the middle of the oven for about 20 to 30 minutes till cooked through and golden in appearance.
• Serve hot and crisp straight from the oven.