Frankfurter & Cheese Roll

(Enough for a light meal for 4-6 persons)

Ingredients: Filling

  • 250g Frankfurters, cut in thin slices.
  • 200g (500ml) grated cheese
  • 40g (50ml) butter/margarine
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 spoon Worcester sauce
  • 1 spoon mustard
  • 2 spoons Mrs Balls chutney (South African brand! but optional)
  • 1 egg yolk, mixed with 25ml milk
  • fresh coriander and rosemary

Ingredients: Pastry

  • 275g (500ml) flower
  • 20 ml baking powder
  • 2 ml salt
  • 125g butter/margarine
  • 150ml milk

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
  2. Mix flower, baking powder & salt.
  3. Mix butter thoroughly into the flower mixture with fingers.
  4. Add milk in a slow stream and mix; a fairly firm dough should be the result.
  5. Roll out the dough on a flower-covered surface in a 35x27 cm square.
  6. Fry the onion in a bit of oil till soft.
  7. Add the frankfurters & fry for a few minutes.
  8. Mix the cheese, Worcester sauce, chutney, mustard & coriander in a big bowl.
  9. Add the fried frankfurter & onion to that & mix.
  10. Cover the pastry evenly with the mixture.
  11. Roll the pastry like a Swiss Roll and place on a baking tray.
  12. Cut the roll in slice 1.5-2cm thick, but don't cut all the way through; the bottom should stay in one piece.
  13. Paint with egg yolk mixture.
  14. Bake for 20 minutes or till golden brown
  15. Garnish with fresh rosemary & serve hot.
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