We have had the perfect mother now how about the perfect sausage roll, I have managed to find the ingredients for a sausage roll the likes of which I have never had before not even in the UK. It could not be simpler, buy salchichas sin tripa, (pack of 7 for €1.15), from either Charter or Consum if you have one nearby and also a roll of frozen la cocinera pastry red packet. Cook the sausages for ten minutes in the oven to remove some of the fat then using the pastry create the seven sausage rolls and bake for 15/20 minutes, the salchichas compliment the pastry perfectly, trust me I´m a chef, well I am since I flew over to Spain.
Going to bake a large batch for Christmas, soon the neighbours will be sick of them.

Graham

Sounds good...home made pickles to go with them I hope!

Good idea for a dirty fingers meal. Thanks!

Sounds worth a try, I usually just buy sausage meat from the English shop and roll it in ready made frozen puff pastry from Mercadonna

No English shops around us so the difficult part has been buying sausages that were suitable because most Spanish sausages although gorgeous in every other way did not work in sausage rolls. Love the pastry from Mercadonna and have been using it for more than 5 years but OH bought this other one as we could not go to Mercadonna at the time and I am sold on it. Not sure whether I will change over to it but happy for him to use it for the sausage rolls.

Rosemary

We have to travel quite far to our English shop and won't go especially but will call in when in town. Lately they never have sausage meat, that's why I am interested in your method, in fact I am off to the shops later and will check them sausage out, never heard of them before, I am not a lover of sausage other than our Traditional English Pork type so really look at the ingredients.

I have noticed though, even reading the ingredients on them and thinking they might be OK, they can still end up very Garlic tasting which for breakfast I just do not like, OK BBQ'd though.

No garlic taste at all.

Graham

Can't find them in Mercadonna Not heard of them other shops.

He buys them in Charter which is Consum. Do you have Consum in your area?

Rosemary

our mercadona has them - from the online shopping site - 3.80 a kilo

they are gorgeous - not garlicky - never thought of making sausage rolls with them!

Yes, we have had those as well and enjoy them but they did not work in sausage rolls as much as the same type from Consum. I think that the Consum ones are a slightly milder taste and that is why they work better.

Rosemary

ah well - I don't even eat sausage rolls often

Me neither, I am not a great lover of sausages anyway but he loves sausages and sausage rolls and as he is making them himself I encourage him and eat the odd one or two.

Rosemary

it's always good if someone else makes them


does he use flaky pastry or short - if I have them it has to be flaky


I might try my hand at cornish pasties actually - we bought some last week (not the famous brand, something else) & it was like eating stuffing wrapped in pastry

now as much as like like stuffing

I made some pasties recently which were lovely.I took the recipe from the Chough Bakery website in Padstow mainly for the pastry which has to be a bit different and more elastic than usual shortcrust etc.

So if youre going to try your hand at them follow that recipe because it is authentic and you will be very pleased with the results.Watch the turnip though-you may not need as much as it says.

And dont forget the skirt/falda beef because that also is a secret in good pasty making.