Lamb & chermoula sausage rolls with red wine potatoes

• serves 4

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Ingredients

Sausage rolls:
800g minced lamb
2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
2 tbsp mint, finely chopped
Pinch of saffron threads, lightly toasted
1 tsp chilli flakes
1/4 cup Sunbeam dried currants
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
1 Spanish onion, finely chopped
Sea salt
Black pepper, freshly ground
1 packet Pampas butter puff pastry, defrosted
1 egg, lightly whisked
Poppy seeds

Red wine potatoes:
1kg chat potatoes
2 bay leaves
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
Salt and pepper
500ml oil, for frying
1/2 bottle red wine

Method

1. In a large bowl, combine lamb with parsley, mint, saffron, chilli, currants, pine nuts and onion. Season well with salt and pepper.
2. Roll out butter puff pastry or, if using pre-rolled sheets, place 2 sheets on a lightly floured work surface. Put lamb mixture along the longest edge of each sheet of pastry until you form a sausage-thick log along the length of the pastry. Brush the inside edge of the ‘sausage' with egg wash, then gently fold the pastry back to enclose. Cut to the size you want, then repeat until remaining pastry and lamb is used up.
3. Preheat oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with baking paper. Brush sausage rolls with egg wash and sprinkle with poppy seeds, then bake for about 20 minutes or until golden. Serve immediately.
4. Wash potatoes, but leave them whole and unpeeled. Place into a saucepan and cover with cold water. Add bay leaves, garlic, salt and pepper, and boil until soft. Leave in the water until you are ready to fry them. Heat oil in a large saucepan. Strain potatoes and shake off any excess water, then squash them between your hands until the sides split and open up.
5. Carefully place potatoes in hot oil and deep-fry until they start to brown. Very carefully add wine, just a bit at a time, until all the wine has been added, then keep cooking potatoes until the wine has evaporated and the potatoes fry again. Remove potatoes from oil and season with salt. Serve alongside sausage rolls.

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