Sausage Plait with English Mustard
Slice into a masterpiece with this sausage plait recipe. A delightful combination of sausage, onion and fresh parsley wrapped in puff pastry with a hidden blast of heat from the English mustard (temper the amount to meet your taste buds).
15 minutes prep, 40 minutes cook
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
Vegetable oil
1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
400g good quality pork sausage meat
Flat-leaf parsley a handful, finely chopped
Salt and pepper
Ready-made puff pastry 1 x 320g sheet
1tsp Tracklements Strong English Mustard (or similar)
1 egg, beaten
sesame seeds
Method
Heat the oven to 200°C /fan 180°C /gas mark 6
Heat a little oil and gently cook the onions until translucent
Mix the sausage meat with the onion and parsley and season
Unroll the pastry and lay it on a baking sheet. Brush the middle, lengthways, with the Strong English Mustard. Form the sausage mix into a big sausage and lay on top
Make diagonal cuts, 1-2cm apart, in the pasty either side of the sausage and then bring the strips up and over alternately to form a plait
Brush with the egg and scatter the sesame seeds on top. Bake for 25-30 mins until puffed and golden
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