Cottage RollsVegetarian version of sausage rolls. Loved by meat eater, vegetarian even fussy kids. Freeze well and nice serve hot or coldNumber: 72Ingredients: * 500g low fat cottage cheese
* 4 eggs
* 2 small onion, chopped
* 1 cup pecans (or macadamia)
* 2 tbs Kikkoman soy sauce
* 2 carrot, chopped
* 1 small zuchinni, chopped
* 1 cup breadcrumbs (or WeetBix crumb)
* 2 cup oats
* 6 (25cm x 25cm) sheets frozen ready-rolled puff pastry, thawed
* 1 tbs milk (I use soy milk)
* 1 tbs poppy seeds (optional)
Preparation:1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
2. Grate onion, carrots and zuchinni at speed 6 for 5-8 seconds.
3. Add cottage cheese, eggs, pecan, soy sauce, breadcrumbs, oats and mixed at speed 5 for 3-4 seconds.
4. Cut each pastry sheet in half, put cottage cheese mixture, prick with fork and brush lightly with milk. Shape one portion of mixture into a log 3cm from edge of long side of pastry. Roll up to enclose filling. Cut into six pieces crossways. Place on baking tray. Repeat with remaining pastry and mixture. Brush rolls with milk. Sprinkle with poppy seeds.
5. Bake 20-30 minutes or until golden.
Tips/Hints:This freeze well - do up to step 4, then put in the container, freeze. Baked without thawing for 30 minutes.
Could easily halve the recipe
I put a teaspoon of Marmite/Vegemite/Mightymight to boost the flavour
Adapted from
www.Taste.com.auJD: I made these today as I had to use up 3 sheets of puff pastry left over from another dish. Stuck to the recipe exactly by using cottage cheese and they were brilliant. Fooled both DH and Mum who both didn't pick up on the fact that they were not made from meat. Have to be so much healthier than the meat variety anyway so will be passing the recipe on to vegetarian DD1 and 'normal' DD2 who always does the meat variety for her children's parties. I like the fact the filling doesn't shrink like meat does sometimes and I thank you denzelmum for this lovely recipe. A great way of getting some goodness into the children.
opi2kenopi: Made these today, they are sooooooo good! DS1 wolfed 3 down for dinner without skipping a beat. Such a great recipe and thanks so much for posting it Denzelmum.
(I didn't have any nuts on hand that I wanted to use in these so I just omitted them - still gooooood!!)
You'll have to excuse them being wide and flat (I had a small pastry issue which I intend to resolve next time I make these, and there will definitely be a next time )
snitch: hi! These look yummy. I'm thinking of doing them for my son's 4th birthday party on sunday... about how many does the recipe make?
DM: Hello, it depend on the size, you can make it small or large, easily make 72. Sometimes I freeze them before baking, and just put them in the oven for 30 minutes when I need them.
Snitch: Thanks so much for this recipe.... the party was today and they were so quick to make... at first I thought the mixture looked a bit gloopy but by the time I went to put it onto the puff pastry sheets it was fine! My husband only bought 250g of cottage cheese so I used cream cheese for the other 250g.... it made about 12-14 rolls per sheet of puff pastry which was more than enough!! Everyone at the party raved how good they were and my kids polished off more for dinner. This is definitely a winner of a recipe. Thanks again!!
oh, meant to say... the recipe says to bake for 35mins... but I found it only took about 15mins before they were lovely and golden.
thanks again
JulieO: I made a half recipe yesterday and cut each 'roll' into 4, so got 24 out of it. We really liked these, didn't expect them to be as good as they were, so easy too.
KJH: I have a batch of these in the freezer, and I was wondering if any of you clever people can tell me the best way to thaw and cook them? Do you thaw them before cooking, and does the pastry go soggy if you do this, or can you just bung them in the oven frozen?
DM: I put them straight to the oven and bake for 35 minutes at 200oC
Kimby83: I made these this morning - they were so quick and easy but the best part is, I didn't mention anything about the fact they were vegetarian, and everyone assumed they were sausage rolls! The whole family raved about them and have requested them for next time. I don't want to say they're just veggie in case they won't like them! Oh well, am stoked that everyone loved them - thanks for the recipe!!!
Wonder: I made a half batch of these yesterday and had to substitute a combination of walnuts and hazelnuts for the pecan's, and used a mix of ricotta and feta for the cottage cheese (similar to Cyndi's), I'm not sure if my tweaks changed the recipe fundamentally but we are not fan and I'm afraid the majority are going to end up in the bin
Maddy: Lovely,much prefer these compared to Cyndi's vegetarian ones.
I made a 1/2 batch, still added 2 Tbsp. soy (ketjap manis), 1 garlic clove, and used fresh ricotta that I had made earlier today.
Next time I will chop the nuts in first with the onion/carrot/zucchini, as they weren't chopped enough when added with the rest of ingredients.
Also might try using sweet chili sauce instead of soy as an alternative option for next time.
