Hi, my name is Heidi Sze,
and today we're going to make sausage rolls.
These sausage rolls are made with chicken mince
and vegetables.
So we're gonna add the onion
once the oil is hot and then turn it down low,
so it can cook slowly.
Also add a pinch of sea salt.
I do about half a teaspoon of flaky sea salt.
At this stage that helps the onion to cook more slowly,
it means it won't burn and it's always good
to flavour your food as you go.
So this is what it should look like
after about seven minutes.
And we're gonna add the garlic now
and turn the heat up a bit.
So once that's cooked for a minute or so,
we'll add in the dried oregano.
And just cook that for a couple of minutes
just to take the raw edge off.
The sweet potato is there for flavour,
but also potato helps absorb liquid,
and we don't have breadcrumbs here.
So the sweet potato helps make the mix not too wet.
So when choosing your pastry,
you need a puff pastry and you want one that's made
with butter, as opposed to margarine.
Once it's defrosted, pop it on your baking tray,
and you wanna slice it down the middle.
So, it should be about 12 centimetres wide.
And you wanna move fairly quickly.
You don't want the pastry to melt.
So you've got about half a cup of the filling here,
and we're going to form it into a log.
Don't be tempted to overstuff them,
to overfill them, because it can cause the pastry to split
and then liquid will ooze out and you'll get a soggy bottom.
Brush it with a little bit of egg wash.
This helps to seal the edges,
and then carefully roll it around
and join it with the edges.
And you can also get a fork
and that's gonna help seal it even more securely,
so you shouldn't get any leakage.
And now our egg wash.
Not too much, just a little bit,
and this makes it really, really golden.
And we'll sprinkle with some sesame seeds.
Totally optional, but it makes it look pretty.
You can keep it as a full sausage roll
or you can slice them up into little sausage rolls.
And it helps if your knife is warm and dry,
so I run it under boiling water
and then dry it with a towel.
And that helps to get a cleaner cut.
They're really yummy.