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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Meats Main Dish
Appetizers Ethnic
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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10 oz Venison (trimmed weight)
6 oz Belly of pork (trimmed wt.)
2 oz Pitted prunes
1 sm Onion
Remains of a pot of tea
3 tb Port
Allspice, thyme or Worcester
1 lb Ready-made puff pastry
Beaten egg to glaze
Mince the meats fairly finely, chop the onion very
finely and mix together. Season with a good grinding
of pepper - but no salt - and some allspice, thyme or
a few shakes of Worcester sauce. Pour on the port and
mix well, then cover and leave for several hours or
overnight to allow the flavours to blend. Cover the
prunes with cold tea and leave to soak for several
hours.
Season the sausagemeat with salt and roll it into a
long, fat sausage shape. Roll the pastry out to a
rectangle and lay the "sausage" down the length of it.
Lay the whole drained prunes on top of the meat. Damp
one long edge with beaten egg, roll up carefully and
seal. Alternatively you may like to enclose the
sausage in a decorative pastry plait. In this case,
roll the pastry out to a square, lay the "sausage"
down the centre and place the whole drained prunes on
top. Cut the pastry diagonally into 1/2-inch strips on
either side of the meat. Damp the end of each pastry
strip with beaten egg then fold the strips alternately
from each side, over the meat to create a plait
effect. Seal the pastry ends.
Slide the pastry parcel on to a damp baking sheet and
glaze the top. If you have made a sausage roll,
decorate it with pastry leaves and make one or two
steam slits in the top of the pastry. Bake at 425 F
(220 C) gas mark 4 for a further 25 minutes or so.
Source: Philippa Davenport in "Country Living"
(British), November 1988.
