{"id":4396,"date":"2014-06-22T21:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/?p=4396"},"modified":"2014-06-22T21:11:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T19:11:49","slug":"sausage-boerewors-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/sausage-boerewors-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Sausage (Boerewors) Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another recipe for making use of <a title=\"Wikipedia - Boerewors\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boerewors\" target=\"_blank\">boerewors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All you need is a 400g-500g coil of wors and a 400g packet of puff-pastry &#8211; you can make your own, but handling pastry in this climate is a pain, so I use frozen ready-rolled.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The pictures below are of a thin kameelhout available from most Spars or Delta Deli in Maun (as far as I can tell they both buy from <a title=\"Freddy Hirsch - Boerewors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freddyhirsch.co.za\/ingredients\/listing\/9\/page:2\" target=\"_blank\">Freddy Hirsch<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A thick wors will make less, but bigger, rolls using a similar amount of pastry.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Put the oven on and set at ~180C<\/li>\n<li>Defrost the ingredients and lay them out.<\/li>\n<li>Uncoil the wors and cut to length.<\/li>\n<li>Roll the first length, cut the pastry to size and crimp the joint with your fingers.<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4396 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_1_Sausage_Roll.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_1_Sausage_Roll-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coil of boerewors and sheet of puff pastry.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4397\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4397'>\n\t\t\t\tCoil of boerewors and sheet of puff pastry.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_2_Sausage_Roll.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_2_Sausage_Roll-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Laying out the wors on the pastry.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4398\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4398'>\n\t\t\t\tLaying out the wors on the pastry.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_3_Sausage_Roll.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_3_Sausage_Roll-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Third length of wors laid out with two lengths rolled up.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4399\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4399'>\n\t\t\t\tThird length of wors laid out with two lengths rolled up.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lightly oil or grease a baking tray and layout the rolls.<\/li>\n<li>Cut rolls to suit final requirements: short as finger food for parties or long for individual portions. Use a sharp knife to get a clean cut.<\/li>\n<li>Make small slashes in the top of the rolls to allow for heat expansion.<\/li>\n<li>Brush with milk or egg-white for browning and place in middle of oven. Any left over wors can also be cooked in the oven.<\/li>\n<li>Check progress after 15 to 20 minutes and when starting to look done move to the top for browning.<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4396 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_4_Sausage_Roll.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_4_Sausage_Roll-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Raw sausage rolls almost ready for the oven.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4400\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4400'>\n\t\t\t\tRaw sausage rolls almost ready for the oven.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_5_Sausage_Roll.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_5_Sausage_Roll-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sausage rolls fresh from the oven.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4401\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4401'>\n\t\t\t\tSausage rolls fresh from the oven.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG-20140622-01742.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG-20140622-01742-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Not what it looks like.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4405\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4405'>\n\t\t\t\tNot what it looks like.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Serve as you wish: I recommend HP Sauce, one of <a title=\"Mrs Balls's Chutney\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mrsballschutney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mrs Ball&#8217;s fine chutneys<\/a> or my own <a title=\"Chakalaka\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/chakalaka\/\" target=\"_blank\">chakalaka<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Practice makes perfect so make some more tomorrow.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4402\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/sausage-boerewors-rolls\/20140608_6_sausage_roll\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_6_Sausage_Roll-613x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sausage rolls and HP Sauce.\" width=\"613\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_6_Sausage_Roll-613x1024.jpg 613w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_6_Sausage_Roll-179x300.jpg 179w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_6_Sausage_Roll-89x150.jpg 89w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_6_Sausage_Roll-400x667.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140608_6_Sausage_Roll.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sausage rolls and HP Sauce.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another recipe for making use of boerewors. All you need is a 400g-500g coil of wors and a 400g packet of puff-pastry &#8211; you can make your own, but handling pastry in this climate is a pain, so I use frozen ready-rolled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,121,45],"tags":[170,169],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4396"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4408,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions\/4408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}