Ingredients

• 20 g butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped finely
• 1 medium carrot, grated
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce (ketchup)
• 1 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
• 400 g ground sausage
• 400 g beef mince
• 1 cup stale breadcrumbs
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• 3 sheets ready-rolled butter puff pastry
• 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

1. Make "stale" breadcrumbs by processing one- or two-day-old bread.

2. Preheat the oven to moderately hot 200°C Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

3. Heat butter in a large frying pan and add the onion and carrot. Stir for about 5 minutes, until the onion has softened. Combine the onion mixture, tomato sauce, parsley, sausage mince, beef mince, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly.

4. Place a sheet of thawed pastry on a board and cut in half.

5. Place one sixth of the mince mixture along the centre of the pastry.

6. Roll the pastry over to enclose the mince mixture. Cut this into 3 pieces.

7. Repeat with remaining pastry and mince mixture.

8. Place sausage rolls on prepared trays. Brush with milk.

9. Bake for about 15 minutes or until browned lightly.