Growing Chefs! Ontario Apple Sausage Rolls

Apple Sausage Rolls

Sausage rolls are a quintessential holiday bake off appetizer, and these can be easily made, frozen and reheated for holiday get-togethers at a fraction of the price of store bought.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Yield
8 rolls
Ingredients
2 green onions, sliced thinly1 apple, peeled and finely diced2 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced400 grams ground pork1 teaspoon grainy dijon1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground1/8 teaspoon black pepper1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds, chopped2 sheets puff pastry1 egg Additional flour for rolling out pastry Salt to Tatse

Sauce

Ingredients
1/2 cup grainy dijon1/4 cup honey
Equipment
Measuring spoonsMeasuring cupsMixing bowls of various sizesWooden spoonLarge potSmall frying panPeelerBlenderChef's knife or safe chopperTasting spoonsDish towel

Get Organized!

Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.

Get Prepped!

Remove the root of the green onion and slice all of the green and white very thinly.

Peel the apple, and finely dice the apple.

Pick the leaves off the thyme, and discard the stem. Finely chop the thyme.

Crush the fennel seeds and chop them roughly with a chef’s knife.

Measure the ground pork, dijon mustard, nutmeg and black pepper.

In a medium bowl, combine the apple, ground pork, thyme, fennel, dijon, nutmeg, black pepper and salt to taste.

Cut each piece of puff pastry in half lengthwise, and fill each with about ÂĽ of the filling along the middle. Roll the puff pastry up into a log. Chill the pastry and meat log until firm enough to cut cleanly, and then cut it into 1 inch pieces.

In a small bowl, measure the additional honey and mustard. Mix together to make the sauce, and season with salt if needed.

Get Cooking!

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Place the sausage rolls into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Mix together 1 egg well with 2 tablespoons of water. Use a pastry brush to brush all of the sausage rolls.

Cook about 20 minutes until sausage rolls reach an internal temperature of 165°F, and pastry is brown and puffed. Serve with honey mustard sauce.