Summer Sausage Plait

• Unroll the pastry and place on a baking tray (if you line the tray with non-stick parchment it saves on washing up).
• Place unwrapped sausage meat down the centre
• Cut 10 diagonal stripes down each side of the pastry
• Dampen the edges of the pastry with water
• Fold the pastry over the sausage meat alternating each side
• Beat the egg yolk only using a fork and brush liberally over the completed plait
• Cook in the oven at 215 degrees centigrade / gas mark 7, turning half way, for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and sausage meat is cooked through.

Serve hot or cold with Mrs Darlington's Red Onion Marmalade and salad.