Saucisson En Croute Recipes

BOEUF EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Season the beef with salt, and pepper. Melt a tablespoon of butter with a drizzle of the olive oil in a saute pan until hot, then sear the beef on all sides. Remove from the pan to a board, and let cool completely, then wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate.
• In the same pan as the beef, prepare the mushroom duxelles: Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and fry the shallots until translucent. Add the mushrooms, thyme, and bay leaf, and cook until very tender. Pour over the Madeira, and bring to a boil, and cook until all the liquid has evaporated. Add the creme fraiche and cook down to a very thick paste. Season the mixture with salt, and pepper. Stir through the chopped parsley.
• Roll out one block of pastry to a rectangle large enough to fit the meat with a roomy border. Place on a baking sheet. Remove the fillet from the refrigerator, and unwrap. Spoon the mushroom mixture into the center of the pastry and set the meat on top. Roll out the second sheet to fit over the whole fillet generously. In a small bowl, beat together the egg and 1 teaspoon water. Brush the margins of the bottom pastry with egg wash, then drape the second sheet over, pressing to seal well. Trim the edge to a 1-inch border. Crimp the edges with your fingers. Refrigerate until ready to bake.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Brush the whole surface of the pastry with egg wash and make two slits in the top with a knife to allow steam to escape. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees F, and continue to bake 20 minutes, depending on how well you like your meat done. Remove from the oven and let stand about 10 minutes before serving in slices.

SAUCISSON EN CROUTE

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, heat the oil. Add the sauerkraut, onions, caraway seeds and a 1/2 cup of water; cook, covered, until the liquid evaporates and the sauerkraut and onions are very tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut the kielbasa into 2 (8-inch) lengths, then cut the pizza dough in 1/2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each 1/2 of dough into a rectangle about 2 inches longer than the kielbasa and wide enough to wrap around it. Spoon 1/2 of the sauerkraut mixture down the center of each piece of dough, then place a kielbasa half on the sauerkraut. Fold up the dough to enclose the kielbasa completely, pinching the edges to seal. Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Cut into slices; serve warm or at room temperature, with honey mustard on the side.

SAUCISSON EN BRIOCHE (SAUSAGE IN BRIOCHE)

Steps:

• Combine sugar and warm milk in small dish and slowly stir in yeast. Mash yeast well if it forms lumps. Set mixture aside in warm place for 5 minutes; it should foam.
• In food processor or mixer combine flour, salt and butter, blending well. Add eggs, 2 at a time, incorporating well before adding next 2. Add yoke and process until dough is elastic and smooth; it should pull away from beater in one piece. Some processors will not have enough power to finish job; if so remove and knead by hand on lightly floured surface.
• Place dough in greased bowl, cover with damp cloth and let rise in warm place (80 to 90 degrees) for 2 hours or until it doubles in bulk. Punch down and knead for several minutes in bowl and form ball about size of softball.
• If dough is difficult to work with, place in freezer for 5 minutes. (If you are not using right away, dough can be stored, covered, in refrigerator for day.)
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut dough ball in half and roll out each half into roughly 10-by-5-inch rectangles. Coat both dough ball and sausage with beaten egg, then sprinkle flour over dough to form ''glue'' that will hold sausage in place.
• Lay sausages on dough rectangles and bring up sides of dough to seal them, forming seams on top. Seal edges. Place rolls on buttered sheets of aluminum foil. Wrap foil around rolls same way dough was sealed, forming seam on top. They should be wrapped loosely to allow for expansion.
• Place rolls on baking sheet, seam side down, and let them rise for 1/2 hour. Bake 35 minutes, rotating about every 12 minutes so sausage doesn't sink to one side. After 35 minutes, open foil, wash rolls with beaten egg mixture again and cook 10 minutes more. Let them cool before slicing and serving.

HOT DOG VOL-AU-VENTS (SAUCISSON EN CROUTE)

Steps:

• Thaw the puff pastry in the refrigerator overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 400°F Heat the canola oil in a wide skillet over medium heat. When it shimmers, add the onions, sugar, and salt. Sauté, stirring often, until the onions are golden and soft, 8-10 minutes. While they are cooking, add 1 tablespoon of water whenever the bottom of the pot gets brown. When they are ready, drain any extra oil or liquid and transfer the onions to a bowl. Stir in mustard.
• Cut the puff pastry in 1 1/2-inch strips (a pizza wheel is excellent for this - use a ruler to keep the lines straight), then cut each strip in half the short way. Spread some of the onion-mustard mixture on each strip, and roll each strip around 1 piece of hot dog. Place seam-side-down on a rimmed baking sheet, leaving space for the pastry to puff. Repeat with the remaining pastry, onion mixture, and hot dogs.
• Use a pastry brush to lightly brush each piece with egg wash. Sprinkle with poppy seeds and a touch of fleur de sel. Bake until puffed, golden, and crisp, 22 to 25 minutes. Serve right out of the oven.

TROUT EN CROUTE WITH SORREL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Season cavities and surface of fish with salt. Place 1 pastry sheet flat on a work surface, and arrange 2 trout side by side, 2 inches apart, on top. With a paring knife, cut out an oval of pastry around each fish, with about 1/2-inch border on sides, leaving heads and tails sticking out from pointed ends of oval. Repeat with remaining pastry and fish. Set fish aside. Use knife to score pastry ovals in a crosshatch pattern.
• Generously oil 2 rimmed baking sheets. Arrange 2 trout on each sheet, then place ovals over trout. Brush tops of pastry with egg. Bake, rotating sheets from top to bottom halfway through, until pastry is golden brown and fish are cooked through, 20 to 22 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine sorrel, mint, capers, and oil in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until mixture is smooth. Transfer to a bowl; fold in creme fraiche.
• Spread 1/4 cup sorrel sauce on each of 4 plates. Place a fish on top of sauce. Serve immediately, with remaining sauce alongside.