Aside from being a great hands on activity for our kids, this Homemade Sausage Rolls and Tomato Sauce recipe is great as their school lunch or an after-school snack. The sausage filling is just too chewy, gooey, good to be true!
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Method
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Pre-heat oven to 200°C. Line a biscuit tray with baking paper.
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Place butter and flour into a bowl. Rub the mixture between your index finger and thumb until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
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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.
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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.
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Grate the carrot using the finest side of the grater. Grate the zucchini onto a strainer, push out all of the excess liquid. Dry on a paper towel.
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Place zucchini and carrot into a bowl.
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Whisk the egg.
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Finely dice shallots, parsley and bacon.
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Add all ingredients into a large bowl and mix to combine
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Remove pastry from the fridge. Lightly flour a rolling pin and roll pastry to 0.5 cm thick with a rolling pin, trim edges to be a rectangle. Cut rectangle into 6x6 cm squares.
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Divide the filling evenly onto each piece of pastry. Place filling on one edge and roll.
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Place onto baking tray, brush with milk and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
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Remove stem from the tomato and 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 tomatoes in the bowl. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
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Drain the tomatoes and rub skin off.
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Finely chop onion.
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Place olive oil into a small non stick saucepan and place onto a low heat. Slowly sweat and caramelize the onions, this may take up to 20 minutes.
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Whilst onions are cooking, finely dice the tomatoes.
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Once the onions are cooked, place all remaining ingredients into the skillet and bring to the simmer. Allow to simmer for 20-25 minutes, the mixture should be nice and thick.
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Using a stick blender, blend until smooth. Strain mixture using a sieve and set aside to cool.
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Rub the flour and the butter together
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Roll out the dough
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Grate the vegetables and help push the liquid out of the zucchini
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Remove the parsley leaves from the stalks
