Cook up a batch of these healthier sausage rolls this weekend

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Healthier sausage rolls

They’re sausage rolls, but not as you know ’em. These tiny bundles of goodness are packed with flavour – and a host of hidden veg.

Healthier Sausage Rolls 

Serves: 6

Prep: 20 minutes

Cook: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• Olive oil spray
• 500g lean beef mince
• ¾ cup fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
• 1 egg white
• ½ red onion, grated
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1 zucchini, grated
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp no-added-sugar barbecue sauce
• 1 tbsp no-added-salt tomato paste
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• ¼ cup chopped fresh basil leaves
• 9 sheets filo pastry
• 80g mixed salad leaves
• 4 asparagus spears, halved lengthways and crossways
• 1 tbsp fat-free balsamic dressing
• ¼ cup pepita and sunflower seed mix, lightly toasted
• Reduced-salt and reduced-sugar tomato sauce, to serve
• Fresh basil leaves, to serve

Healthier sausage rolls

Method:

#1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. Place a large wire rack on the baking tray, then spray generously with olive oil.

#2. Place mince, breadcrumbs, egg white, onion, carrot, zucchini, Worcestershire and barbecue sauces, tomato paste, paprika and basil in a bowl. Season, then mix together well to combine.

#3. Place one sheet of filo pastry on a flat surface. Lightly spray with oil. Top with another filo pastry sheet. Repeat with oil and a third filo pastry sheet. Spoon â…“ of the mince mixture along 1 long edge of the pastry. Roll up the pastry to enclose filling, spraying the edge lightly with oil to seal, then cut the log into 6 pieces. Place rolls, seam-side down, on the prepared rack. Repeat with remaining pastry and mince mixture to make 18 sausage rolls. Lightly spray rolls with oil, then season with pepper. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden.

#4.  Combine the salad leaves, asparagus and dressing in a serving bowl. Sprinkle with seeds. Serve sausage rolls with salad, sauce and fresh basil leaves, then simply enjoy.

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