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Sausage Plait - plaiting

Easy Sausage Plait

5 from 2 votes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 321kcal
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A delicious Sausage meat and pastry retro bake! So good

Ingredients

  • 320 g packet chilled ready made Shortcrust or puff pastry
  • 6 good quality sausages skinned
  • 1 egg beaten

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven 160C fan / 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4
  • Prepare your pastry, basically unroll the sheet
  • Leave the pastry on the paper it was wrapped in as this becomes your baking paper
  • Skin your sausages and make into a long flat sausage shape and place on top of pastry, see pictures above
  • Then using a sharp knife, cut chevrons in the pastry, again see pictures above
  • Then simply plait as shown above, you can use water to stick the edges at the top and bottom of your sausage plait
  • Crimp the top and bottom with a folk, to seal the edges
  • Place on a large baking sheet, using the paper to lift it
  • Finally egg wash the whole plait and bake in the centre of the oven for approx 40 minutes, checking after 35 minutes
  • Once your plait is golden brown and baked through, remove and serve
  • Or leave to cool and then slice

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended only as a guide 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Sausage Plait
Amount per Serving
Calories
321
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
20
g
31
%
Saturated Fat
 
6
g
38
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
9
g
Cholesterol
 
66
mg
22
%
Sodium
 
606
mg
26
%
Potassium
 
195
mg
6
%
Carbohydrates
 
21
g
7
%
Fiber
 
1
g
4
%
Sugar
 
1
g
1
%
Protein
 
13
g
26
%
Vitamin A
 
78
IU
2
%
Vitamin C
 
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
 
13
mg
1
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.