Sausage rolls

[Judydg]

If you are not keen on shop bought sausage meat - buy good quality sausages and take the skins off - apparantly that is what Jamie Oliver does! I think the meat content would be higher than basic sausage meat.

[achookwoman]

Judydg,  good idea.

[MrsTwinn]

I was just looking to make my own and read through the post. Looking at the coles sausage mince it's only 70% meat and I'd be stunned if it wasn't just snouts and trotters etc which is pretty revolting to think about. I reckon you could make them with mince padded out with veggies and breadcrumbs. Well, that's what I'm going to try. And since it's feeding a bunch of 3yo's I doubt they'll complain too hard. 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I'm sure they will love them.  Welcome to the forum. 

[judydawn]

Hi MrsTwinn, welcome to the forum.  Would you like to pop over here and introduce yourself formally?  Have you seen this recipe for Cottage Rolls, no meat but no-one can tell, very healthy too.

[Cornish Cream]

Welcome to the the forum Mrs.Twinn

[hopefulcook]

I made some for DD2's birthday last week. Simlar to Kerryn's but I used 500gm pork mince (because I like pork more than beef) and added 600g cooked+mashed potatoes.
This fills it out and makes the mixture nice and smooth.  I also added 200g onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp curry powder (blitzed and sauteed in TM) - needed 4 sheets of puff pastry to fill.
50-50 response from the kids (maybe my TMX-ground cumin a bit strong for young palates?) - but DD2 loved them and as the birthday girl she was #1 priority!! Also the grown-ups loved them too.
Next time I would decrease potatoes slightly and add carrots/pumpkin or some other veggies.

[KerrynN]

I love the idea of the potatoes! I will have to give that a try and see if the family can tell the difference.

[Frozzie]

sausage mince over here is pork meat and bits mixed with who knows what but bascially alot of fat...maybe it depends on the countries principal meat and in France that is DEFINATELY pig!  Oz beef and so on..  Caroline we are a half no pork in this house lol as DH eats everything (well nearly) and I dont as far as meat is concerned...definately not offle? (abats) and porc and the funny thing is since I have been living here and cooking...if you put something porc on the table and a variety of other options..every time and I do mean every time they will take up either beef or vegetarian etc rather than the porc..in my experience and from those that are in my life and have come in and gone out of it!  I never cook porc at home and even DH who grew up loving it never misses it...he may have the occasional jambon de pays (dried ham) etc and will when we are out but never complains and often prefers other options!  Even at our annual neighbourhood bbq..two years ago i bought along some marinated chicken for hte bbq at our own cost as well as a bunch of other goodies..was an asian style marinade well now they want it every year in place of porc sausages, ribs etc...and i have recently found beef sausages in france (yes quite rare) and again they are preferred over chipolatas, merguez (so sick of merquez) lol... but thats here and im sure it is different elsewhere where maybe there are more options on a daily basis 

[hopefulcook]

Kerryn - I think potatoes give it a great texture and obviously stretches mixture out a lot further - good if you are cooking for a crowd.
Frozzie - life without pork? Unimaginable in our house. We all love bacon, ham, minced pork for this or stir-fries (Larb my favourite meal), or roast pork, sausages, chops on the BBQ with ginger & beer, or strips in curries, I could go on and on. Although I didn't eat pork or any meat for 10 years and didn't miss it - but now am happy to be back on the 'dark side'!!

[Frozzie]

Then you would lové France because its everywhere and yes everyone eats it but i have noticed put another meat in its place and i find it always goes first but porc has long been known as a 'poor' mans meat. ... Btw not saying that those that eat it are poor just that it is one of the cheapest meats..i pass so many better things out there to eat (imo of course)

[andiesenji]

One of my neighbors just returned from a month in Italy, mostly spent on a farm near Perugia, where her daughter now lives.  (Daughter just had a baby, married an Italian farmer who raises prize hogs.)

Her opinion of American hog farmers, who have done so much to ruin pork, working to produce "the other white meat" and losing all of the flavor in the process, is less than stellar.

She feels that anyone raising pigs in the U.S. should have to spend some time in Italy, eating the pork there so they can see the error of their ways.   
Too bad that in this country, it is all about profit and not about quality of the product.

[mickeydownunder]

These sound delish KerrynN

Love the extra veggies in it too! Can't wait to try these too!
Cheers! Joanne