Curry Puffs Sausage Rolls Recipes

PUFF PASTRY SAUSAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• BOIL POTATOESPeel and cut to potatoes into even sized pieces. Place in a large saucepan, cover with cold water. Bring to the boil and cook until soft. Drain and mash the potatoes until smooth. Set aside for later.While the potatoes are boiling prepare the meat filling.
• MAKE THE MEAT FILLING- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan, add the onions, garlic, and ginger, fry on medium to low heat until the onions become golden in colour. (You can add a splash of water every now and again if the mixture starts to stick to the pan).- Reduce the heat to low. Add the curry powder, salt, and lemon juice, mix well and fry for about one minute.- Add the beef mince. Turn the heat to high. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to break the mince into very tiny pieces. Fry until the meat has turned from a pink to a brown colour.- Add half a cup of hot water, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the mixture is almost dry.- Season with salt, add the garam masala and squeeze of lemon juice, mix well.- Mix in the mashed potato with the meat filling. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Allow to cool completely.
• MAKING THE SAUSAGE ROLL- Defrost four sheets of puff pastry. Preheat oven 200°C (400°F)- Cut each sheet of puff pastry in half lengthwise - you will end up with eight rectangles measuring about 24 x 12 cm.- Divide the filling evenly between the puff pastry sheets.- Use your hands to shape the filling into a long "sausage" shape along the long edge of each pastry rectangle.- Lightly brush one long edge of each of the pastry sheets with egg wash. Roll the pastry over the filling and press gently to seal, and transfer to a lined baking tray seam side down.- Cut each of the eight long sausage rolls into six even sized pieces, moving them so that there is a little space between each cut. Brush with the remaining egg wash. Sprinkle on sesame seeds.
• BAKE- Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until the pasty is golden brown and crisp.
• Remove from the oven allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

CURRY PUFFS/SAUSAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine the mince, onion, chutney and curry powder in a large bowl and mix well. Add pepper to taste. Divide the mince mixture into four.
• Cut the pastry sheets in half.
• Roll one portion of the mince mixture into a sausage shape the length of the long side of the pastry sheet.
• Place the sausage on the pastry and roll up, sealing the edge with a bit of water. Repeat with the remaining portions of mince mixture and pastry sheets.
• Cut each log into smaller portions, 1.5-2cm thick. To make sausage rolls cut into longer rolls rather than thin slices.
• Place the pieces onto a lined baking tray and bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown and 'puffed'.

CURRY PUFFS

Steps:

• If the dough was refrigerated for longer than 1 hour, let it sit at room temperature until it is malleable. Working on an unfloured or very lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to gently roll the dough into an 11-inch square. This is easier to do if you work the rolling pin from the midline toward the top or bottom edge, and then roll back to the midline. Use both hands to lift up the edge closest to you and roll it all the way up to the top to form a cylinder. Roll the cylinder to even it out and lengthen it to about 12 inches long and 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Cut the dough cylinder crosswise into 12 pieces, then use the palm and heel of your hand to flatten each dough piece into a 1/4-inch-thick disk.
• Work with half of the dough pieces at a time and keep the others covered with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel. Use a skinny Asian rolling pin (dowel) to roll each dough piece into a circle, a good 3 1/2 inches in diameter. Aim for a wrapper with a 1-inch-wide belly; the edge should be thinner than the middle. (For guidance, see "Forming Wrappers from Basic Dumpling Dough," step 5, page 24.)
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. To assemble a puff, hold a wrapper in a slightly cupped hand. Use a spoon to put about 1 tablespoon of filling in the middle, spreading out the filling a bit to make shaping the puff easier and keeping about 1/2 to 3/4 inch of wrapper clear on all sides. As you work, your hand should naturally close a bit more to keep the puff in shape. Moisten the top rim of the wrapper with water and bring up the wrapper side closest to you and firmly press to create a half-moon (see page 26 for guidance); the center coil of dough (the belly) should naturally push out a bit like the hinge of a clam shell. Remember to seal each puff well. For extra security, use your thumb and index fingers to form a rope edge (see page 51) or press with the tines of a fork. Place the finished puff on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the other wrappers before making and filling the wrappers from the remaining dough.
• Before frying the puffs, put a paper towel-lined platter next to the stove. Pour oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches into a wok, deep saucepan, or Dutch oven and heat over medium-high heat to about 300°F on a deep-fry thermometer. Frying at an initial low temperature ensures delicate, flaky results; subsequently increasing the heat prevents the puffs from becoming greasy. (If you don't have a deep-fry thermometer, stick a dry bamboo chopstick into the oil; if it takes about 4 seconds for bubbles to rise to the surface and encircle the chopstick, the oil is ready.) Working in batches of 4 to 6 to prevent crowding, gently slide the puffs into the hot oil and immediately decrease the heat to low to steady the temperature, which will quickly rise. The puffs will bubble slowly at first. Let them fry, occasionally turning gently, moderating the heat as needed to keep the oil temperature around 300°F, for about 3 minutes, or until the puffs are light golden. Raise the heat to medium-high and fry for 5 to 6 minutes, until the puffs are golden brown and flaky. Let the temperature hover around 340°F. (If you don't have a thermometer, do the chopstick test a couple of times as the dumplings cook; bubbles that rise after about 1 second signal 340°F.) Use a skimmer to scoop up and transfer the puffs to the platter to drain and cool. Adjust the heat before frying more.
• Allow the puffs to cool for about 5 minutes if you are serving them hot. Or present them to your guests warm or at room temperature. Refrigerate left over puffs for several days and reheat them in the oven at 350°F for about 15 minutes, or until gently sizzling and heated through.
• Have no shame. Many busy modern Asian cooks turn to ready-made puff pastry for rich treats like curry puffs (page 125) and samosas (page 115). Purchase a package (usually about 1 pound) of puff pastry, the all-butter variety, if you can; puff pastry is usually sold as frozen square sheets, rolled to a thickness of 1/4 inch. Thaw it in the refrigerator.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat the oven according to the package directions (usually 375° to 400°F).
• Work with 1 sheet of pastry at a time. Roll a pastry sheet out to about 10 inches square, if it's smaller than that, and then cut it into four 5-inch squares. Put about 1 1/2 tablespoons of curry puff or samosa filling atop each square, moisten 2 adjoining edges with water, fold the other side over to form a triangle, and press closed. Use the tines of a fork to press on the edges to seal well, then place on a prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining pastry and filling. Brush with beaten egg, then bake for about 15 minutes, until golden brown.

EASY PUFF PASTRY SAUSAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Unroll puff pastry on a lightly floured work surface, and cut each sheet into 4 pieces. Place 1 sausage into the center of 4 of the pieces of pastry. Lay the remaining 4 pastry pieces over the sausage and press the edges of the pastry together to seal tightly. Slash the top of each pastry several times with a sharp knife.
• Whisk egg and water together in a small bowl, and brush egg wash over the pastries with a pastry brush. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until deeply golden and puffed, about 20 minutes.