SAUSAGE AND APPLE PLAIT

My husband always enjoys my homemade Sausage Plait.  It is easy to prepare and makes a tasty supper dish.

For the filling you will require:

400g/1 lb best quality sausage meat or sausages
1 small onion
Freshly chopped sage
1 apple - cooking or eating
Level tablespoonful of chutney or Pickle
Seasoning

You will also need:
1 Pack of ready made butter puff pastry
Beaten egg to glaze

In a bowl, mix together the sausage meat, (if using sausages remove from skin by sliding a sharp knife down the length of the sausage to remove the meat) finely chopped onion, sage, diced apple, chutney and seasoning.

Roll the pastry into a rectangle and place the filling down through the centre.

Damp the edges of the pastry with water and fold the pastry over the filling and seal the two edges of the pastry.

Turn over with the join underneath.

Place on a baking tray and brush with the beaten egg wash to glaze.

Using a sharp knife, make slashes along the top.

Place in a pre-heated hot oven - 220C - for ten minutes then reduce the temperature 180C.

Cook until the pastry is golden brown, puffed up and the sausage mixture is cooked. Approximately 40 minutes.

Leave to rest for five minutes before serving.

Delicious served with home made coleslaw and pickle.

For the coleslaw:

Finely shredded white cabbage

Grated carrot

Small onion finely chopped

Seasoning

Mayonnaise

Squeeze of lemon juice

Small amount of horseradish sauce (optional)

Mix together the ingredients until they are all coated with the mayonnaise. Taste for seasoning, adding more if necessary.