Vegan Rice "Sausage" Rolls

 So I got tired of people saying "You can't have this and you can't have that" and "how can you live without this" and also "I couldn't be a vegan because I love this too much". As of this I experimented with the idea of using rice for a "sausage" like consistency and came up with this delicious recipe Vegan Rice Rolls.

Here's what you need:

• 200g white or brown rice (which every one you prefer or have at hand)
  
• 2 Tbsp BBQ sauce
  
• 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
  
• 1 400g tin of kidney beans (drained)
  
• Spices and herbs. I used for mine, half a tsp of each: mixed chili flakes and garlic granuals, hot chilli powder and mixed herbs. (This is what I used because I like hotter food, but you could experiment with different spices and herbs for different flavors)
  
• Salt and Pepper to taste
  
• 1 sheet of Jus Rol Puff Pastry (defrosted)
  
• Small blob of Vegan butter (melted)

Method:

1. Cook the rice according to packaging.
   
2. Whilst the rice is cooking your going to want to put the drained kidney beans, BBQ sauce, Soy sauce and all the herbs and spices into a food processor to mash everything together.
   (If you haven't got a food processor then you could just mash it all together in a bowl using a fork)
   
3. Once the rice has cooked, drain away any excess water and add to the kidney bean mixture. pulse a few times until the rice is completely mixed in with the kidney beans. Then season with the salt and pepper and pulse again.
   
   
   
4. Put in a bowl cover with clingfilm and refrigerate overnight if possible.
   
5. Preheat oven to 200C
   
6. Cut the sheet of puff pastry in half length ways, put half of the "sausage" mixture down the middle of one half. Roll the pastry up and seal shut with a bit of melted butter. Do the same for the other half of the pastry and mixture.
   
   
   
7. Cut the rolls into your desired lengths. I cut mine into 1.5 inches long so that they were more of a "bite size" size.
   
8. Bake in the oven for roughly 20 mins until the pastry has risen and gone to a golden brown color. If you are cutting the rolls quite long you may want to check that the mixture in the middle is hot.
   
9. Enjoy hot or cold, whichever you prefer.