Make a Travel Picnic

Lady Braybrooke's son-in-law, Mr Strutt, is to go to London on the train, so Mrs Crocombe is busy preparing him a picnic basket for his travels. These handmade sausage rolls, accompanied by refreshing raspberryade, will keep him sustained on the journey — and will make an unusual addition to your own summer picnic, too. INGREDIENTS For the sausage rolls: • 350g sausage meat • Bread dough to make around 12–13 rolls For the raspberryade: • 115g brown sugar • 100g redcurrants • 125g raspberries • 4pt water • 1tsp cream of tartar • Heated water METHOD Sausage rolls: 1. Divide your bread dough into a baker's dozen (13) rolls 2. Make a dimple in the centre of each roll and fill with sausage meat, enclosing the dough around the meat to make a parcel 3. Bake in a fast oven (200–220°C) for 20 minutes Raspberryade: 1. Place your raspberries and redcurrants in a mixing bowl 2. Add the sugar and bruise together with a pestle or wooden spoon 3. Add enough hot water to dissolve the sugar 4. Leave to infuse for several hours 5. When the fruit flavour has sufficiently infused, add a teaspoon of cream of tartar to create fizz 6. Ladel into bottles using a funnel and seize or muslin to remove the bits, making sure to use bottles that are safe for fizzy drinks