Sausage Roll Dog with Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce

by Gordon Hamilton

This is unquestionably the most unusual dog idea featured thus far. It is not served in a roll but is instead encased in puff pastry and served on a bed of baked beans in tomato sauce, requiring it be eaten with a knife and fork. Alternatively, you could bake the dog on a skewer and dip it in the beans. (If cooking with a skewer, be sure to soak the skewer in cold water for ten minutes beforehand to prevent it burning and possibly catching fire in the oven)

• 1 dog
• 2 ounces pre-made puff pastry
• 1 egg, beaten in a bowl
• Little bit of vegetable oil for greasing baking tray (do not use butter - it will burn in the oven and burn/blacken the underside of the pastry)
• 8 ounce can baked beans in tomato sauce
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano

To Make

Put your oven on to preheat to 450F/220C.

Roll the puff pastry out on a floured surface to a thickness of about 1/8th of an inch in an approximate square, wide enough to contain the hot dog.

Brush the pastry lightly with beaten egg and sit the cold dog on the pastry near one edge (refer to the pictures above for extra clarity) and trim that the pastry is the width of the dog.

Carefully roll the dog in the pastry, ensuring you get no air bubbles. The egg will help the pastry stick to the dog.

When the dog has rolled a full revolution, go a little bit further to have an overlap of around a ¼ inch. Trim off any excess pastry.

Lightly oil a baking sheet and sit the pastry wrapped dog on it, overlapping pastry piece on the bottom. Press down very gently just to flatten the bottom of the pastry slightly and prevent the dog rolling around in the oven.

Score two or three air vents lightly on top of the pastry and glaze with more beaten egg.

Put the baking tray in to the oven for approximately twenty to twenty-five minutes until the pastry is beautifully risen and golden.

Take the dog from the oven and rest for five minutes on a wire rack.

While the dog is resting, pour the beans in to a saucepan and add the oregano. 

Heat gently, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.

Arrange the beans as a bed on a serving plate and sit the sausage roll dog on top.