You know when you stumble across a recipe that is so easy, so great and so kid-friendly that you have to share it with the world? Here's my answer to that question.We made these last night and they were so ridiculously easy its almost embarrassing. They're sausage rolls made without sausage mince. Or meat of any kind for that matter (and no tofu either). And every kid I've ever tried these on, can't pick the difference. When I first tried this recipe I didn't hold out much hope that the end result would be appetising, let alone edible. I was wrong - they taste great.
Cottage Rolls
Makes 24
1 cup low fat cottage cheese
3 eggs
1 onion, finely diced
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 cup quick-cooking oats (the ones that are chopped up a bit)
3 sheets puff pastry
1 tbsp milk
1 tbsp poppy or sesame seeds (optional)
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 200ºC (375ºF-ish). Line two trays with baking paper.
2. Combine cottage cheese, eggs, onion and soy sauce in a bowl. Mix well.
3. Add carrot, oats and breadcrumbs (I ended up using about 1 cup of breadcrumbs total - you don't want the mixture to be too 'wet'). Mix well.
4. Cut each pastry sheet in half to form two rectangles. Heap the mixture onto each pastry rectangle, forming into a log shape. Leave a 2cm (1 inch) border of pastry all around. Brush edges with the milk. Roll up to enclose filling. Cut each log into four pieces.
5. Place on a baking tray and repeat with remaining pastry and mixture. Brush tops with milk and sprinkle with poppy/sesame seeds if desired.
6. Bake for 35 mins or until the pastry has puffed and become golden brown. Serve with tomato ketchup for dipping.
These would be a great alternative to the usual high-fat-nutritionally-devoid fare served at children's parties. The pastry still contributes a moderate amount of fat but the payoff is that this recipe is cheap to produce, is vegetarian, and the kids won't notice they're eating something healthy! You could also add some other grated vegetables, such as zucchini, to the mixture for that added boost. My kids devoured these.
Cheers,
Lizzie
5 comments:
Oh Lizzie, these sound amazing :)
I'm going to try them :)
They really, really are. It's sad that I like them so much, but they're awesome.
Cheers,
Lizzie
Lizzie, I made these today and they were delicious. We had lunch with my relatives to celebrate Dh and ds's birthdays and the cottage rolls were a hit.
I'll be making them again soon :)
Rachel xxx
Did you notice that the filling's consistency wasn't that much different to a regular sausage mince filling? I think that makes a huge difference.
I originally included these on my 'freezer food' list but didn't get around to making them until a couple of days later, and by the time I did cook them, they were scarfed down so only a few leftovers. Just refridgerated those. On reheating, the pastry goes a little soft so they're probably at their peak freshly-made. Never a problem to eat the whole batch of 24 in THIS house though, LOL.
Cheers,
Lizzie
These sound great!
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