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Sausage rolls
Makes 16 sausage rolls
Preparation time 25 minutes
Cooking time
5 minutes
Pie cooking time 16 minutes
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 medium onion, fine dice
3 cloves garlic, crushed
800g sausage mince
1 small carrot, grated
1 tsp. paprika
¼ tsp. ground white pepper
1 tsp. table salt
1 tsp. mixed herbs
¼ cup tomato sauce (ketchup)
½ cup panko breadcrumbs
4 sheets puff pastry
1. Heat a heavy based pan on a medium heat.
2. Add the oil, onion and garlic. Sauté until softened
and transparent, 2-3 minutes. Remove from the
heat and completely cool.
3. In a large bowl, put the sausage mince, carrot,
paprika, ground white pepper, salt, mixed herbs,
tomato sauce, breadcrumbs and onion mixture.
Combine well. Weigh the mixture out into
80g logs.
4. Pre-heat the pie maker (optional).
5. Lay one sheet of puff pastry on the bottom plate
of the pie maker.
6. Place a log of sausage roll filling into each pie
well.
7. Lay another sheet of puff pastry on the top.
8. Close the lid. Adjust the timer to 8 minutes.
Press START/CANCEL to begin cooking.
9. When the timer is finished – carefully remove the
sausage rolls and snap to be individual.
TIP – to make just 4 sausage rolls – Place one
piece of puff pastry on the bottom plate only,
resting over the front 4 pie wells. Fill the pie
wells with the filling and fold the other half of the
pastry over the top. Close the lid. Set the timer
and allow the sausage rolls to cook as usual.
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Apple pies
Makes 8 pies
Preparation time 30 minutes
Cooking time
12 minutes
Pie cooking time 7 minutes
40g unsalted butter
750g peeled and diced Granny Smith apples
½ cup brown sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon juice
3 tsp. corn flour
3 tsp. water
2 sheet of puff pastry
¼ cup caster sugar
1. Heat a large heavy based saucepan on a
medium heat.
2. Add the butter and allow to melt. Add the
diced apples, brown sugar, 1 tsp. of the ground
cinnamon, the nutmeg and lemon juice.
Cook for 10 minutes or until the apples are tender
whilst stirring regularly.
3. In a separate small bowl, combine the corn flour
and water together and stir to combine.
4. Add the corn flour mixture to the apples whilst
hot, until the mixture thickens. Remove the pot
from the heat and allow to cool, unless using
immediately.
TIP - the apple pie filling can be made up to
2 days in advance, if cooled to room temperature
and then kept refrigerated until required.
5. Pre-heat the pie maker (optional).
6. Lay one sheet of puff pastry on the bottom plate of
the pie maker.
7. Using ¼ measuring cup - fill each pie well with ¼
cup of filling.
8. Lay the remaining sheet of puff pastry on the top.
9. Close the lid. Adjust the timer to 7 minutes.
Press START/CANCEL to begin cooking.
10. Whilst the pies are cooking, place the remaining
ground cinnamon and caster sugar into a medium
mixing bowl and combine well.
11. When the timer is finished, carefully remove the
pies and snap to be individual. Place the pies into
the cinnamon sugar mixture and coat each pie
well before serving.
TIP – If you prefer a simpler flavour, swap the
brown sugar out for caster sugar, remove the
cinnamon and nutmeg and add 1 tsp. of vanilla.
Notes
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