Month: May 2019

What could be better than a big, spicy Samosa Pie? Not much, really. We ate this handsome beast with some boiled new potatoes and it was tremendous.

My tips for this recipe: Save yourself the hassle and forget the tedious pastry making. Buy two 320g Just-Rol Shortcrust Pastry Ready Rolled Sheets instead. You won’t need to use all of it, but it ensures you’ll have enough. Under no circumstances use curry powder because it’s bleurgh. Garam masala is a much better alternative. Bake in a loose bottom cake tin so it can be lifted out in its full glory.

To prove Rooting Aboot really does try and test all the recipes posted, here is one I made earlier. 

Find the recipe here: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/recipes/a26987403/vegan-samosa-pie/

Preparation time                          Cooking time

Less than 30 minutes                   20 to 30 minutes

This is a straightforward sausage roll recipe with only four ingredients. Use the time they’re baking in the oven to boil your tatties and steam your vegetables. 

Ingredients:

• Jus-Rol Puff Pastry Block 500g (only use half)
• 1 onion, finely chopped 
• 1 packet meat-free dry Sausage mix (see footnote for brands)
• 2 tablespoons plant based milk (soya or oat) for brushing pastry
• Plain flour for dusting kitchen worktop, rolling pin and baking tray.

Heat oven to 200°C / Fan assisted 180°C / 400°F Gas Mark 6

Method:

• Empty the dry sausage mix into a bowl and add the required amount of cold water (follow the instructions on the back of the packet). Give it a good mix with a fork and allow the mixture to absorb the water fully.
• Peel and finely chop one onion.
• When the sausage mix has fully absorbed the water, add the chopped onion and stir well so the onion is evenly distributed.
•  Cut the pastry block into four quarters. Only use two quarters for this recipe (the rest can be frozen for later use). 
• Sprinkle your work surface and rolling pin with flour.
• Roll the pastry into rectangles measuring about 30cm by 20cm.
• Put the sausage and onion mix into the middle of the pastry all the way along.
• Brush soya milk onto the outer edges of the pastry and pull it together, nipping the two pastry edges together in the middle. 
• Cut these long sausage rolls into smaller sized ones.
• Transfer them onto a lightly floured baking tray.
• Brush the sausage rolls with soya milk.
• Bake at 200°C in the centre of the oven for twenty to thirty minutes until the pastry is golden.

Footnote:

Most supermarkets and health food shops sell these types of dry vegan sausage mix. See examples of Sosmix here (my personal favourite).