(NB using gas oven, no fan). You need to get them off the baking tray - try using a pre-heated mesh rack or a terra-cotta tile. OK guys, I'm in sausage roll hell here. Cookery is the art of patience and dedication. Bunch of thyme, stripped and finely chopped. Microwave does totally ruin it.". Flag. Let us know in the comments below. Preheat oven to ~220C. With dkme fried foods, I set them on a rack and put them in as warm oven. Microwave Food Without Making It Soggy. 0. Haha, yeah. We used metal baking trays that had small holes in them, allowing the pastry to get more crisp/reduce soggyness. Sure. The post went viral, garnering thousands of likes, retweets and comments. 0 The oven will get the sausage rolls crispy and hot, you just need to make sure you don’t overcook them. (NB using gas oven, no fan). The process is very simple and you have different options you can go with. ", Another person said: "Exceptional. But what exactly is the best way to go about doing this? April 19th, 2012. I used to work at a place that made amazing sausage rolls. Thanks! Is it actually possible to bake sausage rolls with a perfectly dry puff pastry? The pastry is puffing, at least around the outside on the top, so that the end result looks like a good sausage roll. In blender, combine 50g of pastry with flour and salt until no large lumps of butter remain. Now turn the pastry into thirds 5 times, wrapping in clingfilm and chilling for 20 minutes between each turn. About the only acceptable option seems to be to roll the pastry very thin, but then the puff effect is reduced. Print. It's hard to point or what's going wrong without knowing what you're doing. Keeps everything crispy. The Microwave. Steps. You'll get a better "re-heat" in an oven, but it'll obviously take much longer. Try a rack. When you cook sausages in a microwave oven, you don’t get a dark browned skin, in fact the skins, the sausage casings, peel away. Sausage rolls. Hammer out the remaining butter between two sheets of greaseproof paper to about 3mm thickness, also place in fridge to chill. The microwave seems like an obvious choice, but it'll probably make the pastry go soggy.
And when you take them out, don't lay them flat before they're cooled. We’ve talked about cleaning sponges and steaming broccoli in the microwave. Place a roll of filling 2cm in diameter down the length of the pastry.
0. Should we consider it more often? Email. Preheat oven to ~220C. The radio waves penetrate the food and excite water and fat molecules pretty fast... too fast. Warming a Pie in the Microwave Without Soggy Crust? Is it perhaps more energy-efficient? One man likes to re-heat his sausage roll over the radiator, Man's bizarre trick for re-heating Greggs sausage roll - without making it soggy, Conte and Zidane wrote an anthem of personal pressure. Fry shallots until caramalised with some of the diced apple and some of the thyme. Maybe start at 400F then after 7-9 minutes, turn it down to 325-350F for 15-20 minutes.
But sometimes you might buy one and then decide to save it for later, to enjoy while watching something on Netflix or whatever it is you like to do at home.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Roll out pastry into a long strip, about 3mm thick and about 15cm wide. Rescuers rescued them more than an hour later, Ronaldo doesn't respect his partners or the Italians. Place butter at one end of the pastry, ensuring that there is a small lip of pastry all around the butter. It seems this might be caused by the pastry absorbing steam from the sausagement, particularly as the situation gets worse as the rolls cool, and cooking the pastry on its own results in a good puff. You can use the microwave to reheat sausage rolls, but be aware that you are not going to have the same crispy taste and it might actually be a bit soggy. For further clarification, Dan added that his dad doesn't do this all year round, only during the colder months. Save. One person replied: "The microwave heating process excites atoms rather than conducting heat. /r/AskCulinary provides expert guidance for your specific cooking problems to help people of all skill levels become better cooks, to increase understanding of cooking, and to share valuable culinary knowledge. Place sausage rolls in a microwave safe container, Reheat on high for 30 seconds to 2 minutes (depending on the power of microwave). Some people were baffled by the bizarre life hack, but others thought it was genius. Chill for 10 minutes.
Follow. Wet the edge of the pastry, then roll up. What do you think is the best way to re-heat a sausage roll?
Beaten egg. How do I warm a ready made pie without the crust going soggy in a microwave? Eggwash again.
Keep your puff pastry thickness the same. Or is it just a matter of finding the right combination of variables?
Your best bet may be to turn up your oven temperature a bit. He posted a photo showing exactly how it was done, writing: "Asked my dad why he doesn't just use the microwave to warm the sausage roll but apparently it's 'not the same' and there's an 'art to it' so here we are.". I should say with regards to the filling (which does have some wet ingredients) I've tried this without the apple and shallot, but it doesn't seem to make much/any difference. Microwaves will always make stuff soggy because of the way that they work (heating up water molecules). Slash the top of the rolls. I've spent over a week now trying to rid my sausage rolls of soggy puff pastry, all to no avail. If you do, all the moisture gets trapoed between the roll and whatever you're cooling it on. Start baking at a higher temperature then turn it down after the puff pastry has stopped puffing. Share. However, if the microwave is the only option you have, you can always give it a try as it is better than nothing. Eggwash the rolls. Place rolls on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. In fact, they somehow manage to be soggy and stale at the same time. Knead dough for 5-10 mins until smooth and elastic. Your dad knows his stuff. Yummo…sausage rolls. Different ratios of butter to pastry in the puff pastry. So you want to know how to go about reheating sausage rolls right? However, if the microwave is the only option you have, you can always give it a try as it is better than nothing. You can cook raw sausages in a microwave oven, from the packet, and they’re perfectly safe. Ever since Mark Bittman’s article a little while ago on using your microwave, we’ve had that much-maligned appliance on our collective brain. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the AskCulinary community. If not, maybe try that to keep the grease from soaking into the pastry. But sometimes you might buy one and then decide to save it for later, to enjoy while watching something on Netflix or whatever it is you like to do at home. One thing, though, that we almost never put in the microwave is bread. Wrap in cling film and leave to chill for 20 mins. When chilled, roll out pastry to about 3mm thick, about 1.5 times as long and a little wider than the butter. Place sausage rolls in a microwave safe container However if you don't eat the pastry covered treat pretty quickly, it'll go cold and you'll be left with the task of re-heating your sausage roll. He did not play after 2:8 from Bayern, PSG players are stuck in an Elevator in Leipzig.