Pork and Pumpkin Puff Pastry Pinwheel (by Biggs)

Tonight I arrived at Fi and Dan's house to find Fi baking some pumpkin in preparation for a pumpkin and bacon pasta. It was later discovered that there was actually no bacon in the freezer and the house down-spiraled into a chaotic mess of panic. No bacon??!

Then I got to witness the evolution of a recipe as dinner ideas were suggested....stir-fries, pastas, spring rolls and pies all got a mention....we all agreed on pork....then Dan found some puff pastry. This started as a sausage roll but after seeing a serving suggestion on the front of the puff pastry packet Fi went with a pork and pumpkin puff pastry pinwheel. 

I was pretty impressed with dinner particularly given the recipe didn't even exist earlier in the evening. I was also impressed that shallots and lettuces were gathered from the garden to put this together. Super tasty. 

I experienced particular elation when Dan decided to use gherkins as a cucumber substitute in the salad.