This recipe comes from the Kids in the Kitchen recipe booklet from Westinghouse and Australia’s favourite home cook and mum, Julie Goodwin. Download it for free.
Ingredients
- 400 grams beef mince
- 1 egg
- 2 sprigs parsley
- 1 piece bacon
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- 2 shallots
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 1 small carrot
- 1 zucchini
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp. tomato sauce
Pastry:
- 1 ¼ cups plain flour
- 125 grams butter
- ½ t salt
- 4 tbsp. iced water
- 1 tbsp. extra milk
Homemade tomato sauce:
- 500grams good quality vine ripened tomatoes (must be super ripe) or good quality tinned tomatoes
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp. brown sugar
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- ¼ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 small brown onion
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
Method
Sausage rolls:
1. Pre-heat oven to 200C. Line a biscuit tray with baking paper
2. Place butter and flour into a bowl. Rub the mixture in between your index finger and thumb until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add a pinch of salt and pepper
3. Add the salt and half the iced water, mix to combine. Add a little bit of water at a time until the pastry forms a ball
4. Knead the dough on the bench a few times, until it looks smooth. Roll to 1cm flat, wrap in plastic and place into the fridge
5. Using the finest side of the grater, grate the carrot. Grate the zucchini into a strainer, then push out all of the excess liquid. Dry on paper towel
6. Place zucchini and carrot into a bowl
7. Whisk the egg
8. Finely dice the shallots, parsley and bacon
9. Add all ingredients into a large bowl and mix to combine
10. Remove pastry from the fridge. Lightly flour a rolling pin, pastry roll to ½ cm thick with a rolling pin. Trim the edges to be a rectangle. Cut rectangle into 6×6 cm squares
11. Divide filling evenly onto each piece of pastry. Place filling on one edge and roll
12. Place onto baking tray, brush with milk and bake for 20minutes or until golden
Homemade tomato sauce:
1. Remove stem from the tomato mark an X in the bottom of the tomato with a sharp knife. Fill a large bowl with boiling water. Place the tomatoes in the bowl. Place a round cake tin with a little water on top to keep the tomatoes in the bowl. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
2. Drain the tomatoes and rub the skin off
3. Finely chop the onion
4. Place olive oil into a small non-stick saucepan and put onto a low heat. Slowly sweat and caramelise the onions (this may take up to 20 minutes)
5. Whilst onions are cooking, finely dice the tomatoes
6. Once the onions are cooked, place all remaining ingredients into the saucepan and bring to the simmer. Allow to simmer for 20-25 minutes until the mixture is nice and thick
7. Using a stick blender, blend until smooth. Strain mixture using a sieve and set aside to cool
Kids in the kitchen can:
1. Measure the ingredients
2. Rub the flour and the butter together
3. Roll out the dough
4. Grate the vegetables
5. Pick the parsley leaves from the stalks
6. Roll the sausage rolls
7. Brush the sausage rolls with milk.