Ingredients

  • 750 g (26.5oz) pork sausage meat
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked and chopped
  • 4 or 5 tsps of marmalade
  • 1 pack of ready rolled puff pastry (375g)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tsp of poppy seeds
  • 1 pinch salt and pepper, to season
  • 1 splash of oil or knob of butter, for frying

Method

  • First preheat your oven to 200C and then place a frying pan on the hob over a medium heat, add your oil or butter and then add the onion and garlic.
  • Saute until soft and take off the heat and leave to cool.
  • Once cool, place the onion and garlic into a bowl, along with the sausage meat and thyme and season well with salt and pepper.
  • Mix by hand; making sure everything is incorporated well.
  • Take a large baking tray and unroll the puff pastry over it.
  • Along the long length of the pastry, place the sausage meat mix evenly in the middle, leaving a gap at either end.
  • Then using a knife, carve a gully in the centre of the meat.
  • This is for the marmalade so spoon an even amount in and then carefully press the meat together.
  • Again with a knife, make slits in the pastry approximately 2 cms apart on either side of the meat and then starting at one end, fold each flap over, creating a plait effect and seal at both ends.
  • Brush the egg wash all over and scatter the poppy seeds over after that.
  • Place in the hot oven for 40 45 minutes until the pastry puffs up and browns.
  • Serve hot or cold.