Homemade Sausage Rolls and Tomato Sauce

Directions

• Sausage rolls
• Pre-heat oven to 200°C. Line a biscuit tray with baking paper.
• Place butter and flour into a bowl. Rub the mixture between your index finger and thumb until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
• Add the salt and half the iced water. Mix to combine. Add a little bit of water at a time until the pastry forms a ball.
• Knead the dough on the bench a few times until it looks smooth. Roll to 1cm flat, wrap in plastic and place into the fridge.
• Grate the carrot using the finest side of the grater. Grate the zucchini onto a strainer, push out all of the excess liquid. Dry on a paper towel.
• Place zucchini and carrot into a bowl.
• Whisk the egg.
• Finely dice shallots, parsley and bacon.
• Add all ingredients into a large bowl and mix to combine
• Remove pastry from the fridge. Lightly flour a rolling pin and roll pastry to 0.5 cm thick with a rolling pin, trim edges to be a rectangle. Cut rectangle into 6×6 cm squares.
• Divide the filling evenly onto each piece of pastry. Place filling on one edge and roll.
• Place onto baking tray, brush with milk and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
• Tomato sauce
• Remove stem from the tomato and mark an X in the bottom of the tomato with a sharp knife. Fill a large bowl with boiling water. Place the tomatoes in the bowl. Place a round cake tin with a little water on top to keep tomatoes in the bowl. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
• Drain the tomatoes and rub skin off.
• Finely chop onion.
• Place olive oil into a small non stick saucepan and place onto a low heat. Slowly sweat and caramelize the onions, this may take up to 20 minutes.
• Whilst onions are cooking, finely dice the tomatoes.
• Once the onions are cooked, place all remaining ingredients into the skillet and bring to the simmer. Allow to simmer for 20-25 minutes, the mixture should be nice and thick.
• Using a stick blender, blend until smooth. Strain mixture using a sieve and set aside to cool.
• Kids in the kitchen can:
• Rub the flour and the butter together
• Roll out the dough
• Grate the vegetables and help push the liquid out of the zucchini
• Remove the parsley leaves from the stalks