Sweet Chilli Sausage Plait is a delicious mix of sausage meat, carrot, red onion, green chillies and sweet chilli sauce all wrapped up in a puff pastry plait. Great hot for dinner or cold for a picnic!
In celebration of British Sausage Week which runs from 2 – 8 November, I decided I wanted to make a sausage plait which became this Sweet Chilli Sausage Plait.
I have to admit that I’ve been intrigued by them ever since watching Nanny Pat on The Only Way is Essex as it seems to be her signature dish. (Did I just say that in public?)
So wanting to come up with my take on the humble sausage plait I decided to give it a makeover tailoring it to my family’s taste.
Being a big chilli lover and not wanting to make it too hot for my daughter, I embarked on a fusion of Asian and British cuisine by making a Sweet Chilli Sausage Plait.
If you like things hotter you could always add the seeds from the green chilli to notch up the heat!
To counteract the chilli I added some grated carrot and red onion for sweetness and then finished off with a layer of Thai sweet chilli sauce before wrapping in pastry.
I’m pleased to say this sausage plait went down a storm and has already been repeated. Serve it hot or cold (leftovers taste great and are perfect for a picnic)!
Enjoy with baked beans or a salad and then sit back and wait for the compliments!
More Sausage Recipes
Here are some more sausage recipes that you should try:
- Scrumptious Chipolata Tagliatelle – Fab Food 4 All
- Turkey Meatloaf – Fab Food 4 All
- Boston Baked Beans & British Bangers – Kavey Eats
- Slow Cooked Pork Sausage, Cranberry & Green Lentil Stew – Foodie Quine
- Super Sticky Sausages with Creamy Mustard Pasta – Munchies & Munchkins
- Cowboy Stew – The Hedge Combers
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Sweet Chilli Sausage Plait
Ingredients
- 400g – 450g Pack of good quality pork sausages min 90% pork, skinned
- 1 Medium carrot grated
- 1 Medium red onion finely chopped
- 1 Large green chilli finely chopped (seeds removed)
- 1 Garlic clove crushed
- 3 tbsp Dry natural breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp Thai sweet chilli sauce
- Ready rolled puff pastry sheet cut to 25cm x 30cm
- 1 Egg whisked for egg wash
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Place the first 6 ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly with your hands.
- Place the pastry sheet onto baking paper on a baking sheet.
- Place sausage meat in the centre and form a brick shape leaving a 3cm gap at either end.
- Spread the Thai sweet chilli sauce over the sausage meat.
- Cut strips measuring 1.5cm at an angle along both sides and trim the two ends to form flaps.
- Fold one end flap over the sausage meat and then fold over the strips in alternate layers to form a plait, moistening the tips with water to secure.
- Finish by tucking in the end flap and brushing the pastry with egg wash.
- Bake in the oven for 35 – 40 minutes until golden brown and sausage meat is cooked.
- Serve hot or cold.
Paul Wilson
I bet the Sweet Chilli gives it a nice kick.
Ursula Hunt
This is really tasty and goes down a treat in our house
Camilla
Thank you, glad to hear that;-)
Anne Dalzell
This would be a tasty treat on a windy cold night like tonight
William Gould
Looks fantastic! Wife wouldn’t like it though….. She’s a fussy eater!
Camilla
I’ve a whole family of fussy eaters, half the time I ignore them and then they eat what I make even if it’s something they won’t normally eat LOL!
Heather Haigh
How very elegant that looks. Bet it tastes good too.
Camilla
Ooh yes:-)
Laura Caraher
This sounds delicious I must make it soon 🙂
Heather Haigh
This sounds divine!
Hafsah
I’ve always wondered how the plaits were made! 🙂
Helen Allan
This looks lovely. A perfect winter warmer. 🙂
Maya Russell
Great recipe. I think I’d have to leave out the green chilli (for my children). They’d like the sweet chilli sauce though I’m sure.
Camilla
Like Nigel Slater says, take a recipe and use it as a starting point:-)