Recipe Sausage Rolls

Easy, kid-friendly Homemade Sausage Rolls are crispy and delicious.  Perfect as lunch or a snack, or as the perfect Aussie party food!

These super easy, kid-friendly Homemade Sausage Rolls are crispy and delicious.  They’re perfect for lunch, an after school snack and make the perfect Aussie party food!

Delicious!  A crispy puff pastry shell with a seasoned beef or pork filling that doesn’t last long in my house!  Feel free to double the recipe and freeze some for later.  Or make a double batch when you have friends over -they’re the perfect game-day savoury snack and always make an appearance for the AFL Grand Final at my house.

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I love this Homemade Sausage Roll recipe because it’s simple to make, the taste is insane and it’s a great crowd-pleaser!  There’s nothing fancy, the pastry is store-bought and everything can be found in your local supermarket.  Plus you can make a great big batch and freeze them for when you need a perfect party food favourite.

I hope this easy Homemade Sausage Rolls recipe and that they’re as popular in your house as they are in mine!  Save it for when you need an easy lunch or a perfect party food recipe

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It takes more than store bought sausage mince to make a truly delicious filling. The little but important thing I do that takes this from “yummy” to “OMG these are incredible!!” is tosauté garlic, onion, celery and BACON to mix into pork mince (not store bought sausage meat!).

A juicy homemade sausage mixture wrapped in puff pastry. I mean really – do you need any more information than that to know these are wickedly delicious?

It was actually my brother who created this recipe, so I can shout from the rooftops that this is the BEST homemade Sausage Rolls recipe ever and not feel like I’m being big headed!

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1. REAL PORK – It’s not made with store bought sausage mince which is a mix of questionable ingredients – query how much is actually meat. This starts with pure pork mince. Real meat. Yay!

2. BACON – It’s not just about adding bacon for the sake of it. The plain fact is that bacon is salty and juicy and when you chop it up finely and mix it through the pork, it makesit so much tastier!

3. GARLIC, ONION & CELERY – Fact: when you saute these together slowly, they become sweet and form the flavour base of many of the most epic classic recipes in this big wide world. Like Beef Ragu. And Beef & Guinness Stew. And it does the same for Sausage Rolls. The sweetness and extra flavour it adds to the filling is just incomparable to just mixing in some raw chopped onion into the mince, which is what many standard recipes do. Plus, this adds moisture to the filling without making it watery (which = soggy base); and

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4. NO GRATED VEGGIES– I won’t tell you not to sneak any veggies in, but what I will caution is that grated veggies are the main culprit for soggy pastry bases, even if you squeeze excess liquid out…..I think there is a time and place for hidden veggies. In my world, that does not include sausage rolls!

And if you’re a sausage roll connoisseur then you would probably know that the really great sausage rolls from patisseries and posh bakeries usually have a hint of fennel. 🙂

But it is all about tastes, so if you know for a fact you don’t like fennel then skip it. Or if you are wary, then just use 1/2 teaspoon and it will be a very subtle barely-there background flavour!

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There’s nothing complicated about this recipe, I promise. Cook off onion, garlic, celery and bacon, then just mix the filling (I use my hands!), place on puff pastry, roll and bake.

30 minutes later, your self control is going to be seriously tested as you try to resist taste testing just one more, just one more….

Once cooked, the inside will still look a bit pink because of the bacon. But it’s very easy to tell that it’s cooked because the texture of the meat is completely different to when it’s raw.

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Sausage rolls are one of the few classic Aussie party foods that really can be made ahead because they can be frozen unbaked then when you’re ready to serve, all you have to do is bake them. No fussing with garnishes or assembling, just make sure there is plenty of tomato sauce (ketchup) to dunk them in!

Recipe video above. The secret is the bacon... It really takes this sausage roll to another level! Also, sautéing the onion and celery before mixing into the filling makes it sweet and more moist than the usual, and using panko instead of normal breadcrumbs also contributes to making the filling of this sausage roll so moist.

The addition of fennel adds an extra burst of flavour but it's optional. Pork and fennel are great mates and though most everyday suburban bakeries won't use it, you'll find better bakeries use it (like Bourke St Bakery). If you're wary, drop it to 1/2 teaspoon. Or just skip it!

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1. Toasted fennel seeds (optional) - heat small fry pan over medium heat. Add fennel. Shake pan and toast for 1 - 2 minutes, until you can smell the fragrance of the fennel seeds.

2. Panko breadcrumbs are Japanese breadcrumbs which are larger than normal ones. For crumbed/breaded things, it makes them even crunchier. For fillings, they make the filling less dense, more moist. You can find them in the Asian section of most supermarkets in Australia nowadays (see here for Woolworths) and even alongside normal breadcrumbs.

3. Puff pastry in Australia comes in sheets that are 25 x 25cm / 10 x 10 squares. Cut them in half so you have five 25 x 12.5cm / 10 x 5 rectangles.

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4. To make ahead: Best assembled, cut, then frozen or refrigerated unbaked. Place in an airtight container in single layers with baking paper between each layer. Brush with egg wash just before baking (optional - could just spray with oil, helps make it golden). Bake from frozen for 40 minutes, or from fridge per recipe.

It is perfectly safe to thaw then refreeze puff pastry, it is not like meat. If you want the absolute best results, use a puff pastry made with a combination of butter and oil/shortening because it will puff up better after thawing. But the difference is negligible. Another great tip I learnt from Cook’s Illustrated!

5. Nutrition per sausage roll. If you use low fat / turkey bacon, it reduces to 205 calories. If you use light puff pastry, it reduces to 150 calories.

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Serving: 64 g Calories: 236 cal (12%) Carbohydrates: 26.7 g (9%) Protein: 4.9 g (10%) Fat: 12.4 g (19%) Saturated Fat: 3.1 g (19%) Cholesterol: 16 mg (5%) Sodium: 300 mg (13%) Potassium: 73 mg (2%) Fiber: 0.8 g (3%) Sugar: 0.5 g (1%) Vitamin C: 0.8 mg (1%) Calcium: 10 mg (1%) Iron: 0.7 mg (4%)

Sausage Rolls recipe original published September 2016. Updated August 2019 with new photos, brand new video and update on Life of Dozer!

As always when I travel, Dozer stays with a Golden Retriever boarder where he thunders through the house with other golden retrievers like he owns the place. It’s a 24/7 party over there!!!

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I get daily updates from her, and this is the photo I woke up to this morning – Dozer trying to eat a tree stump. Golden Retrievers really DO eating anything!!! 😂

I believe you can make great food with everyday ingredients even if you’re short on time and cost conscious. You just need to cook clever and get creative!