Ultimate Sausage Rolls
- 34 cup lukewarm water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 (2 1/4 teaspoon) package active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 14 cup warm whole milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for sprinkling
- 4 Italian sausages (14 16 ounces total)
- olive oil, for drizzling
- 4 slices havarti cheese
- Set oven to 400F.
- In a big bowl combine water and sugar.
- Sprinkle the yeast in and let sit about 5 minutes or until foamy.
- Stir in the oil, milk, and salt.
- Stir in the flour about 1/2 cup at a time until the mixture comes together to form a nice dough.
- I usually end up using about 2 cups and leaving the dough a bit sticky since more flour will get incorporated in the next step.
- Knead the dough on a floured surface (adding in more flour as needed up to the total amount the recipe calls for) for about 5-10 minutes (until it's a nice smooth ball).
- Oil a bowl and add the dough, turn it over in the bowl until the oil coats it on all sides.
- Cover with a tea towel and set in a warm place to rise for about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until approximately doubled in size.
- By this time your oven should be preheated.
- Grab a baking sheet (with a rim) and cover with grease proof paper (if you don't have parchment paper lightly grease the pan).
- Prick the sausages all over with a toothpick and place them on the baking sheet.
- Drizzle with olive oil and put them in the oven for 40 minutes turning over half way through.
- Set them aside to cool after this while waiting for your dough to finish rising.
- Once the dough has risen, turn it out of the bowl and divide it into four even pieces.
- Roll the dough balls out one at a time into a rough 6-8" oval.
- Place a slice of the Havarti in the centre of the oval and top with one sausage.
- Fold the short ends up onto the sausage and then roll them up.
- Press the crease together on the bottom and then place on a parchment covered (or lightly greased) cooking sheet crease-side down.
- Repeat with the remaining three pieces of dough/sausages.
- Place in pre-heated oven at 400F for 30-35 minutes or until crust is firm and golden brown.
- Remove to wire rack and let cool for 20 minutes or so.
- Slice each of the four rolls into 5 pieces for a total of 20 pieces.
- Serve with a small bowl of dijon mustard for guests to dip inches.
water, sugar, active dry yeast, olive oil, milk, salt, flour, italian sausages, olive oil, havarti cheese
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ultimate-sausage-rolls-432007 (may not work)