Sausage meat Plait

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This is adapted from Nigel Slater's Faggot Slice. We've had it hot and cold with chutney. Equally tasty. :-)

Sausage meat Plait

This is adapted from Nigel Slater's Faggot Slice. We've had it hot and cold with chutney. Equally tasty. :-)

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Ingredients

30 mins
4 servings
  1. 200 gramspack shortcrust pastry
  2. 400 gramssausagemeat
  3. 100 gramsready cooked chestnuts
  4. 2banana shallots
  5. 2 clovegarlic
  6. 4smoked bacon rashers
  7. 100 gramspitted prunes
  8. 1 tspmixed spice
  9. 1/2 tspground nutmeg
  10. 1salt and pepper
  11. 1beaten egg

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Set temp to 180°C ( fan oven )

  2. 2

    Prepare a baking tray by greasing and flouring or lining with parchment/greaseproof paper

  3. 3

    In a large mixing bowl, add the spices to the sausage meat and mix well. Add freshly ground pepper and a grind of salt.

  4. 4

    Roughly chop the prunes and the chestnuts and add to the sausage meat.

  5. 5

    Fry the chopped bacon until golden, then add the chopped shallots and the crushed garlic. Cook until soft. Add to the sausagemeat and mix well.

  6. 6

    Roll pastry on a floured board to about 3mm thick.

  7. 7

    Fold the pastry into thirds and crease lightly. Open out flat and cut the outside thirds diagonally from the edge to the crease.

  8. 8

    Fill the middle third with the sausage meat mix and press flat.

  9. 9

    Lay the outside pastry flaps over the filling and tuck in at the top and bottom.

  10. 10

    Place the plait onto the baking sheet. Brush with beaten egg. Cook for 12 - 15 minutes.

  11. 11

    Leave to cool slightly before slicing. Good with a jacket potato and broccoli or on its own!

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