Aussie Sausage Rolls Recipe

Well, I tweaked a couple of Aussie Sausage Rolls recipes the other night and came up with something that was a huge hit, so much so that the boys (I swear I've always got half a dozen marines at my house at any given time!) were actually talking about how 'badassed' they were the next day! Sorry I didn't take photographs of the Sausage Rolls, I will next time though!

INGREDIENTS:
1 lb pork mince (ground pork)
a few sprigs of fresh parsley
1 medium carrott- grated
1 onion- finely chopped
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cayenne (red pepper)
1 tbsp butter- melted
4 sheets of puff pastry
1 egg yolk
2 tsp water

METHOD:
1) In a bowl, mix together Pork, Carrott, Onion, Parsley, Salt, Pepper, Nutmeg, Cayenne and Melted Butter until evenly combined

2) Cut each piece of pastry in half

3) Spoon out pork mixture on to pastry and create a 'sausage' shape length ways, about 1 inch wide, and about 1 inch from the side of the pastry

4) Roll pastry with mixture and push together seams. Brush with mixture of egg yolk & water.

5) Cut each roll into quarters (4 sausage rolls per half a pastry sheet)

6) Place on lined baking tray, then in oven at 450F for 10 minutes

7) Reduce heat to 375F and bake for a further 20 minutes

8) Let cool for 5 minutes, then serve with a side of brown gravy or ketchup!

And they should end up looking something like this! I promise to include my own photos of the step by step process next time :)

Point Of Known Return

Things are better. A lot better now since my last post. Life and reality just seemed to hit DH and me very hard the other week, and in very different ways. We dealt with the issues in our own ways though, and are now contently moving on.

Whatever angels are looking out for us right now, they're doing a good job! DH & I were worried about how we were going to pay the bills this month because we'd had so many unexpected expenses, we were about to go into more debt and concerned that there was no way we could possibly make ends meet.

For a few days, we'd had another newlywed couple staying with us while they looked for a home in the area. They were good friends of DH's and honestly were no trouble whatsoever, in fact I was enjoying having them, despite the fact that our little house was a lot more crowded!

Then yesterday, C was meant to be returning home to Kentucky but asked if she could stay on, as she'd been unsuccessful in finding a suitable house so far (there really is a shortage of decent rentals in this town, and base housing has an 8 month backlog). Of course I agreed, after all, it took me 6 weeks to get a house in JVille, 4 of those weeks I had to be away from DH because I had nowhere in town to live, so I understood their predicament. Anyhow, she has offered to make a substantial contribution to the rent and utilities, which is actually an answer to our prayers.

I asked DH and he agreed that they could definitely stay for a bit longer, and any financial contribution is a blessing. Honestly even though I'd be happy to have them free of charge, the notion that we may actually be able to pay all our bills this month after all cheers us both up exceptionally. It will give us more time to get back on our feet, after all.

You would have thought that two newlywed couples in a tiny little 2 bedroom house with barely room to swing a cat would be awkward, but it honestly isn't so bad. They're a delightful couple and very easy to live with.

Life is back on track :)