Sausage plait
This is either a poor man’s Wellington, or a posh sausage roll, depending on how you look at it. It’s certainly good enough for a special meal. The sausage filling is spiked with black pudding, enhanced with a savoury mushroom base and topped with caramelised onions. Wrapped in crisp, buttery ‘plaited’ pastry, it looks really impressive but is easy to make.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 13 of 16 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| White Bread | 1 slice (30g) white | 79 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Red Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Chestnut | not in our table | 0 |
| Sunflower Oil | not in our table | 0 |
| Pudding | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 100g/3½oz strong white bread flour
- 100g/3½oz plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 165g/5¾oz chilled unsalted butter
- 300g/10½oz chestnut mushrooms
- and pepper salt
- 2 tbsp thyme
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 25g/1oz unsalted butter
- 2 red onions
- 2 tsp soft brown sugar
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 300g/10½oz top-quality sausagesausages
- 100g/3½oz black pudding
- 1 free-range egg
- 1 tsp sesame seeds