HOW TO MAKE SAUSAGE ROLL

SAUSAGE ROLL
 Recipe For the dough.
* 500g Flour
* 250g Margarine
 * 2 teaspoons baking powder
* Pinch of salt
 * Water

 For the filling

*500g of sausage (Satis is a popular brand in Nigeria)
 * ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
* Maggi
*Salt
1 medium egg

Prepare your sausage
 1. Put the sausages in a bowl and use a blunt object such as a pestle to mash them up .
2. Add the ground nutmeg.
3. Add salt and Maggi to the mashed sausages.
4. Stir well to mix the added ingredients with the mashed sausages.
5. Use your hands to blend the sausages into a smooth paste.
6. Set this aside.

 Make the dough

 1. Put the flour in a big bowl; add the baking powder and salt. Mix these dry ingredients very well.
2. Add Margarine, use finger tips to rub the margarine into the flour till the mix becomes like crumbs.
 3. Add water in bits and mix till a stiff ball of dough is formed. You only need a small quantity of water to make this

 Preparation

1. Set your oven to 170°C (~335°F) to preheat while you continue with the sausage roll.
2. Rub margarine on the insides of the oven tray and set aside. This is done so that the undersides of the sausage rolls do not burn or stick to the tray during baking.
 3. Break the egg, beat it and set aside.

 How to roll, Cut, Fill, Fold and Close the sausage roll .

1. Roll out the dough to a 3mm thickness.
2. Use a blunt knife to make a rectangular cut on the rolled out dough.
3. Remove the excess dough and rub the egg on the rectangular dough.
4. Scoop some sausage along the edge of the length of the rectangle. The thickness of the sausage should be such that you can comfortably fold the dough and still be left with an overlap.
 5. Fold the dough as you would fold a mat. 6. Rest the folded roll on the excess dough to make a seal like you would with the flap of an envelope.
7. Cut the sausage roll to desired lengths.
8. Roll out more dough, cut, fill, fold, cut into desired lengths and place in the greased oven tray till all the dough is used. 9. Rub the egg on the sausage rolls. This gives them a golden brown look when done. 10. Set the tray in the preheated oven and bake till the Sausage rolls are golden brown. This should take approximately 40 minutes depending on the thickness of your dough and the type/heating capacity of your oven.

NOTE: The number of Sausage rolls you will get with the above ingredients depends on how flat you roll out your dough and the size you cut your sausage rolls during preparation.