Bob's Meat

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 500 g puff pastry, frozen
• 4 -8 slices bacon
• 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
• 2 cups mushrooms, finely chopped
• 1 lb lamb sausage
• 1 egg, beaten
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 remove package of puff pastry from freezer 2 hours before cooking time.
• 2 cut a piece of parchment paper to fit edged cookie sheet.
• 3 poke paper with shark knife to provide drainage.
• 4 fry bacon until crisp. drain. cool and crumble.
• 5 combine bacon, onion and mushrooms in a large bowl. add cold, uncooked sausage meat to bowl and mix well.
• 6 roll out puff pastry to edges of floured paper.
• 7 spread the meat mixture down the middle of the pastry.
• 8 sprinkle with pepper.
• 9 cut the exposed pastry on each long side into 1 inch strips about 3 inches deep.
• 10 fold each end up over filling, then lay the strips from each side alternately over the top to produce a braided effect.
• 11 brush pastry with beaten egg.
• 12 bake on paper on rack on cookie sheet at 375 f for about 1 1/4 hours.
• 13 alternatively if you want to cut the time down you can brown the meat, onion and mushrooms and then assemble.
• 14 bake at 400 f for 15 min and then at 375 f for 20 minute.
• 15 you can add peppers if you want as well.