Thai-inspired sausage rolls

The Cheeky Monkeys and I aren't huge fans of sandwiches, unless they're filled with "fancy" or "gourmet" ingredients.  I'm not sure if this is because of my Chinese heritage, or if it's because we're a bit high maintenance, but it does make filling school lunchboxes a little more complicated.

So, almost every school holidays we spend a day baking up batches of sausage rolls to freeze and then pull out as needed when the school term starts again.  If your own cheeky monkeys love something other than sandwiches in their lunchboxes and love the flavours of Thai food, then you'll definitely want to give this recipe a try.

Makes 20.

Ingredients

- 500g minced pork

- 500g minced beef

- 1-2 carrots, grated

- 1 clove garlic, crushed

- half a stick of lemongrass, finely chopped

- 1-2 Tb of store bought Thai green curry paste

- 1/2 tsp of salt

- 1 egg, lightly beaten

- 5 sheets of butter puff pastry, thawed 

- 1 egg, extra, lightly beaten

- sesame seeds (optional)

Steps

1. Preheat your oven to 200⁰ C (390⁰ F). Line two trays with greaseproof baking paper.

2. In a large mixing bowl, mix together all ingredients except for the puff pastry.

3. Cut a pastry square in half, lengthwise, to give you two rectangles.  

4. Place spoonfuls of sausage mix along one long edge of a pastry rectangle.  Roll up the pastry to firmly enclose the sausage mix.  Cut the large sausage roll into two smaller rolls.  Place on tray.

5. Repeat step 4 with the remaining pastry sheets and sausage mix.

6. Brush the sausage rolls with the extra egg and sprinkle with the sesame seeds, if using.

7. Bake the sausage rolls  for 20-30 minutes, or until pastry is golden and filling is cooked through.

8. If you're freezing the sausage rolls for a rainy day, leave them on wire racks to cool completely.  Otherwise, enjoy them with a green salad and some chilli or tomato sauce on top!

If you share photos of your sausage rolls on Instagram, don't forget to tag @domumvindemia or @twocheekymonkeysdesigns so that I can see your delicious baking efforts.