Italian Sausage Rolls

Did you know you can buy Puff Pastry frozen, thaw it and then make quick appetizers which you can  freeze  before baking?  It works wonderfully and we have been enjoying these little zippy Sausage Rolls since before Christmas.  I keep the Sausage Rolls frozen in long rolls, in a freezer bag and cut off sections to bake for a quick appetizer or light lunch!

• 1 450 gram / 1 pound  package puff pastry, thawed in refrigerator
• dijon mustard
• 8 ounces / 227 gram Hot Italian Sausages
• 8 ounces / 227 gram Sweet Italian Sausages
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup Panko (japanese style) bread crumbs

1. Roll out puff pastry to approximately 30 X 4 inches.
2. Spread lightly with dijon mustard
3. Break up sausage in a large bowl.  
4. Add remaining ingredients and combine with hands.
5. Fill a pastry bag with sausage mixture and cut a 2 inch hole at the tip. Squeeze sausage mixture down the center of the pastry.  Bring long edges of pastry together and pinch together.  Repeat with all the pastry dough and sausage mixture. 
6. Cut into 6 pieces and arrange on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Freeze until firm, wrap well in plastic wrap and store in freezer in containers or plastic bags.
8. To bake, preheat oven to 425.  
9. Slice each roll into 1 or  2 inch pieces (depending on whether you want them for an appetizer or a lunch tray). Arrange, still frozen on a parchment covered baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.   When the Sausage Rolls are lightly browned and the fat from the sausage has baked out, they are ready.  

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