SIMPLE PESTO AND MUSTARD SAUSAGE ROLLS

Written by on in Appetizers

Complexity: Easy

Ingredients:

  • 1 pack frozen puff pastry
  • 12 hot dog sausages
  • 4 tbsp basil or sweet pepper pesto
  • (we used Del Mano’s Pesto)
  • 2 tbsp spicy brown mustard
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten

Directions

  1. Prepare the pastry for use according to package directions.
  2. Mix together the pesto and mustard.
  3. Lay out one sheet of the pastry on a floured board. Roll out a little with a rolling pin. Brush evenly with a layer of the pesto mixture.
  4. Lightly grease and flour a baking sheet or lightly spray with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  5. Cut the pastry in half vertically and then horizontally. You should have 4 rectangular pieces of pastry.
  6. Place a sausage on one piece of pastry at one end and roll to the other end, enclosing the sausage in the pastry. Dab a little water on the edge so that the pastry will be sealed.
  7. Cut the large roll into an even 4 pieces and place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining pastry. Brush the rolls with a little beaten egg.
  8. Bake in preheated oven for 20 – 25 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack for about 5 minutes before serving.