Puff with sausage can be called, perhaps, one of the most famous delicacies for a quick snack at work, at the university or even at school. It’s easier and faster to buy an already finished product in a bakery or fast food cafe, but there are people among those who always give their preference to homemade cakes. It is for such people that this article was written.
Main ingredients
Of course, the most important thing for making sausages in puff pastry in the oven is to buy quality and fresh products. There can be two options for the base: quick and more delicious. In the first case, the dough is bought ready. As a rule, it is frozen, and then it just warms up in heat to a temperature slightly below room temperature. In the second case, the base is prepared at home. It is important to remember that preparing this type of dough is not so simple.
Next, you need to buy sausages. It is best to give preference to ordinary beef semi-finished products, but if desired, they can also be cooked at home.
In addition, a slice or plastic of processed or ordinary cheese can be added to the puff with sausage before baking. It is better to take cheese from hard varieties. Before baking, a puff with a sausage can be spread on top with melted butter or lightly beaten egg, and sprinkled with sesame seeds. Salt and pepper are added to taste, although usually the sausages from the store themselves are quite salty, like cheese, so additional spices may not be necessary.
So, to prepare a simple version of the dish, we need the following ingredients:
The list of products for a more “sophisticated” option is a bit longer. You will need:
- puff pastry;
- sausages;
- cheese;
- egg;
- sesame;
- spices to taste;
- butter.
Of the fixtures, you only need the presence of: an oven, a baking sheet or a baking dish (+ wire rack on which the form is placed), baking paper and a knife to cut the base into portions of the right size. The cooking process itself does not take much time.
How to cook sausage in puff yeast dough in the oven?
First you need to prepare all the ingredients. Puff yeast dough should be thawed if purchased. It usually takes about 4 hours.
To make homemade puff yeast dough, you need 3-4 cups flour, 1 cup warm milk of medium fat content, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil (preferably olive), half a teaspoon of dried yeast and salt.
First, you need to add sugar and yeast to the milk, mix thoroughly and put in a warm place for 15-30 minutes, then add the egg and salt to the mixture. Stir again. Add flour and vegetable oil, mix well and leave in a warm place until the volume of dough is doubled. Every 20 minutes it is advisable to “beat” the dough again and add a little flour to it. The final consistency should resemble the basis for bread.
While the dough rises or thawed, go to the sausages. They need to be cleaned of packaging and shell. If you want to add cheese to sausages, then you need to cut them along the long side, and grate the cheese. Then put the cheese in the resulting cut.
Roll out the homemade dough and cut it into long strips 4-5 cm wide. Cut the thawed base immediately. We take sausages and wrap them in a spiral dough. Grease with egg or oil, sprinkle with seeds, if they are planned. Put the resulting puff with sausage on a baking sheet. Bake at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
How to cook a sausage in a puff yeast-free pastry in the oven?
To prepare this type you will need slightly different ingredients. First, you need to take yeast-free puff pastry. It is also sold in the store. Secondly, such a base turns out to be drier, so you will need mayonnaise or sauce to lubricate the "innards" of the puff.
So, first you need to defrost the dough in any way: "natural" in the microwave or put the dough near the battery. Then you need to divide it into strips 4-5 centimeters wide. Lubricate each piece with mayonnaise or sauce. Put a sausage on top and roll a piece in the shape of a spiral. After that, you can grease the resulting product with egg or oil, and then sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees until golden brown.
Interesting Facts
Almost all recipes for puffs with sausage are based on British roots, because it was there that this pastry first appeared. You can grill such a dish in the grill or barbecue. Sausages are sometimes replaced with minced meat. It is customary to serve it with mustard or a mixture of mayonnaise and tomato ketchup. In the modern world, it is often considered a "street" food.