Pork Sausage Pasties With Apple And Cider
cooking time
40 minutes
cooking skill
Not too tricky
serves
7 people
Ingredients
- 4 pork and apple sausages
- 3 tablespoons cider or apple juice
- 1 eating apple, cored and thinly sliced
- Black pepper
- 1 fresh sage leaf, roughly chopped
- 1x 500g pack puff pastry
- 1 whole egg mixed with 2 tablespoons milk
Method
1
Preheat oven to 180°C, 160°C Fan, Gas Mark 4
2
Split the sausage skins, remove the sausage meat and place in a large bowl. Add the cider, apple, pepper and sage. Mix gently.
3
Thinly roll out the pastry and cut into 6-8 circles (about 12½cm). Re-roll pastry to make more if possible. Place a spoonful of the mixture in the centre.
4
Wet edges with water, fold circle in half and crimp edges to the seal.
5
Transfer to greased baking trays, brush with egg and milk and cook for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
6
Serve hot or cold, picnic or lunch, with a large seasonal salad or slaw and a chunky fruit chutney.
