This section is from the book "Lessons In Cookery", by Thomas K. Chambers. Also available from Amazon: Lessons In Cookery.
Ingredients. - Half a pound of mince-meat. Half a pound of flour. Half a pound of dripping. One teaspoonful of baking-powder. Salt and pepper. Four sage-leaves. One egg.
Time required, half an hour.
To make Sausage Rolls:
1. Take a tin of canned mince-meat and open it carefully.
2. Take half a pound of the mince-meat out of the tin, put it in a basin, and season it well with pepper and salt.
3. Take four sage-leaves, put them on a board, and chop them up as finely as possible with a knife.
4. Mix the chopped sage well into the mince-meat with a spoon.
5. Put one pound of flour into another basin.
6. Add to it one teaspoonful of baking-powder, a pinch of salt, and half a pound of clarified dripping.
7. Rub the dripping well into the flour with your hands.
N. B. - Mix it thoroughly, and be careful not to leave any lumps.
8. Add enough water to the flour to make it into a stiff paste.
9. Flour the paste-board and turn the paste out on it.
N. B. - Divide the paste in two, so as not to handle it too much.
10. Take a rolling-pin, flour it, and roll out each portion into a thin sheet, about one-eighth of an inch in thickness.
11. Cut the paste into pieces about six inches square.
12. Collect all the scraps of paste (so that none will be wasted), fold them together, and roll them out and cut them into squares.
N. B. - There should be about two dozen squares of paste.
13. Put about a tablespoonful of the mince-meat into the centre of each square of paste.
14. Fold the paste round the meat, joining it smoothly down the centre, and pressing the ends of the paste together with your finger and thumb.
15. Take a baking-tin, grease it well, and place the sausage rolls on it.
16. Break one egg on to a plate, and beat it slightly with a knife.
17. Take a paste-brush, dip it in the egg, and paint over the tops of the rolls.
18. Place the tin in a hot oven to bake for fifteen minutes.
N. B. - Look at them once or twice, and turn them if necessary, so that they shall be equally baked.
19. For serving, take the rolls off the tin and place them on a hot dish.
 
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