Sausage meat Plait

Name: Sausage meat Plait
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams pack shortcrust pastry; 400 grams sausagemeat; 100 grams ready cooked chestnuts; 2 banana shallots; 2 clove garlic; 4 smoked bacon rashers; 100 grams pitted prunes; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg; 1 salt and pepper; 1 beaten egg

susiesoxx @cook_3880494

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

susiesoxx @cook_3880494

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

200 gramspack shortcrust pastry
400 gramssausagemeat
100 gramsready cooked chestnuts
2banana shallots
2 clovegarlic
4smoked bacon rashers
100 gramspitted prunes
1 tspmixed spice
1/2 tspground nutmeg
1salt and pepper
1beaten egg

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Steps

30 mins

1

Set temp to 180°C ( fan oven )
2

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

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

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

Fill the middle third with the sausage meat mix and press flat.
9

Lay the outside pastry flaps over the filling and tuck in at the top and bottom.
10

Place the plait onto the baking sheet. Brush with beaten egg. Cook for 12 - 15 minutes.
11

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