Hearty 3-Layer Puff Pastry Spiral Cake Stuffed With Sausages, Red Cabbage, And Cheese
Red cabbage, sausage, and cheese are a match made in culinary heaven, but we figured we could take these 3 components and turn them into something even more delicious. All you have to do is throw mashed potatoes and puff pastry into the mix, and it's really a party!
You'll Need:
- oil for frying
- 18 sausage links
- 7 oz red cabbage
- 9 slices Swiss cheese
- 3 puff pastry sheets
For the mashed potatoes:
- 1½ lbs potatoes
- ¾ cup warm milk
- ½ stick butter
- salt & nutmeg to taste
Here's How:
1. Fry all 18 sausage links in a pan and set 6 aside. Arrange the remaining 12 sausages in 3 rows on a sheet of puff pastry sheet and cut it into 3 equal strips, making sure that the sausages are each lined up next to a cut edge of pastry.
2. Roll up the puff pastry strips.
3. Roll the 3 puff pastry rolls into a spiral and press the ends firmly together.
4. Spread the red cabbage in 3 rows on another sheet of puff pastry, cut it into 3 strips, and roll each one up.
5. Form the puff pastry rolls filled with red cabbage into another spiral.
6. Arrange rolled-up Swiss cheese slices in 3 rows on a sheet of puff pastry, cut the pastry into strips, and roll each one up.
7. Form the puff pastry rolls filled with cheese into a third spiral.
8. Fry each spiral on both sides until golden brown.
9. Peel the potatoes, boil them in salted water, and mash them. Mix with the warm milk and butter and then season with salt and nutmeg before transferring the mashed potatoes to a piping bag. Pipe the mashed potatoes onto the puff pastry spiral filled with sausages and place the red cabbage spiral on top.
10. Pipe mashed potatoes on the red cabbage spiral and cover it with the cheese spiral. Decorate the cake with 6 mashed potato rosettes and cut off the ends of the remaining 6 sausages at a diagonal angle. Put 2 sausage ends together to form a small heart and place one heart in each mashed potato rosette.
Who knew that the one thing missing from the classic combination of sausage, red cabbage, cheese, and mashed potatoes was puff pastry? To be fair, puff pastry turns almost everything into gold!
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