Welcome to the next post in a series of recipes inspired by my local ingredient shortage. Its my version of a sausage roll with shortcrust pastry. You can make it with any flavor smoked sausage you can get your hands on. The shortcrust pastry is only four ingredients and super simple.

Ingredients

For Pastry

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter, cubed
• about a 1/4 cup water
• 1 egg mixed with water for brushing

Filling

• Smoked sausage any flavor, cut into 1 1/2 to 2 inch long pieces

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a food processor put your flour, butter and salt and pulse it until the cutter and flour combine in a bread crumby texture. (If you don’t have a food processor you can do it with a fork.)
3. Slowly combine water and pulse until dough comes together. It will look a little dry.
4. Dump it out onto a floured surface and combine it into a ball. Mashing the dryer bits into the ball. Wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes so the butter chills again.
5. When the pastry has chilled roll it out onto a floured surface about a 1/4 inch thick. Place your sausage pieces on the pastry and cut the pastry big enough to wrap the sausage completely.
6. Place your sausage rolls on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and brush the tops of the pastry with the egg wash.
7. put in the oven for 30 minutes. They should be golden brown.

Recipe should make about 6 rolls