Easy homemade sausage rolls (with puff pastry)
Turn your favourite sausages into these delicious, easy homemade sausage rolls with a little ready made puff pastry. They’re a simple, and quick lunch or dinnertime treat for kids.
Easy homemade sausage rolls are the perfect family dinner. With ready made puff pastry, this recipe can be ready in no time and are a hit with all the family, even fussy eaters.
These homemade puff pastry sausage rolls are always a hit in our house, and they’re especially nice as we make them all them ourselves. They are really simple to do, and if you use a good quality sausage, they’re much nicer than anything you would buy in the shops.
What sausages should you use to make sausage rolls?
We sometimes use delicious pork and Italian herb sausages which have a lovely flavour and mean we didn’t have to add any extra seasoning. If your sausages are plain you could add some fresh thyme or sage or a teaspoon of your favourite herb.
My kids love it when I use a sausage like a pork and apple or pork and caramelised onion. Both sausages add a lovely sweetness to the sausage rolls.
You don’t have to stick with pork sausages. Homemade sausages rolls also work well with beef or vegetarian sausages or you can mix them up and add a little bit of haggis alongside your sausage meat for an extra bit of zing.
Can you add vegetables to sausage rolls?
Of course. As well as just using vegetarian sausges, sausage rolls are also a great dish for adding some hidden vegetables. I often ‘sneak’ in a grated carrot but you could equally add grated courgette, onion, or celery.
When putting everything together, try not to over stuff your pastry as will make it hard to seal and some of the sausage meat might ooze out while you’re cooking it. If that does happen (like it did to a few of ours, they’ll still taste nice, just look a little messy!
What pastry are sausage rolls made from?
We used ready made puff pastry to make our sausage rolls. In our shops we can either get a block or ready rolled puff pastry, but I find the ready rolled stuff much easier – it comes in the perfect thickness and all the hard work has been taken care off for you.
You can, of course, make your own puff pastry. I can’t say I’ve done this with my kids but I there are lots of easy recipes if you want to try it for yourself.
Can I add anything else to the sausage rolls?
The great thing about making your own sausage rolls is that you can add extra flavour and vegetables if you like.
If you want to add extra vegetables, try some finely sliced onion or grated carrot. Simply add them into the bowl with the sausage meat and mix them in.
How can kids help make easy homemade sausage rolls?
These homemade sausage rolls are so easy, they’re a great dinner for kids to help make. Kids who like getting their hands messy will enjoy squeezing the sausage meat out of the skins and forming the sausage roll.
If you’re adding some extra vegetables, get your kids to help prepare them. Grating a carrot or pealing the onion are simple jobs for children to try.
For any kids who don’t enjoy getting their hands dirty, they can stick to brushing the tops of the sausage rolls with egg before they go in the oven.
How long can you keep homemade sausage rolls?
Once they’re made, sausage rolls can be kept in the fridge for a day. You can either eat them cold the next day, or reheat them in the oven. If you reheat them in the microwave the pastry will go a bit soggy.
You can also freeze sausage rolls. Wait for them to cool completely, then put them in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a month. When you want to eat them, bake them in the oven again, until they are warmed through.
Why are my homemade sausage rolls soggy?
Soggy bottoms can happen if the oven isn’t hot enough or the sausage rolls weren’t baked for long enough. Make sure you preheat your oven before putting the sausage rolls in, and keep them in until the pastry has crisped up and turned nice and golden brown.
The other reason your sausage rolls could end up soggy is if there’s too much water in your filling. If you’re adding extra vegetables, make try and avoid ones with too much extra moisture.
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Useful equipment
You might need the following baking tools/gadgets to make these
Chopping board
Mixing bowl
Wooden spoons
Grater
Baking tray
Pastry brush
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Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20 minutes plus 25 minutes baking
Serves: 4
Ingredients
1 small onion,
6 sausages
1 carrot, grated
250g ready-made puff pastry
1 egg
how to make homemade sausage rolls
Preheat the oven to 180C/170C Fan/350F and line two baking trays with baking paper.
Prepare the sausage mixture
Use a sharp knife to slice down the side of the sausages and get your child to help you squeeze all the meat out or peel the skin away and pop it in your mixing bowl.
Give the sausage meat in your bowl a good mix. The easiest way to do this is with your hands, as you can really break up the sausages, but you can use wooden spoons if you prefer not to get too messy.
Make the sausage rolls
Dust your work surface with a little flour then roll out the pastry into a large rectangle until it is about half a cm think (or the thickness of a pound coin). If you’re using ready rolled puff pastry, simple carefully unrol it until it is flat on your work surface.
Using your hands, shape the sausage mixture into three long sausage shapes and lay them down the middle of your pastry rectangles.
Get your kids to break the egg into a little dish, and give it a quick whisk with a fork.
Using a pastry brush, get your little chef to brush egg down the length of the pastry next to sausage mixture.
Fold one side of the pastry over the top, enclosing the sausage mixture in the middle.
Cut down the length of the sausge roll, then fold the make the next one.
Seal the pastry shut with your fingers and turn the sausage rolls over so the join is on the bottom.
Brush each sausage roll with the remaining egg.
Cut the sausage rolls into smaller pieces and put them on your baking tray. You can cut them in half if you want larger sausage rolls, or cut them into smaller pieces.
Bake the sausage rolls
Bake the sausage rolls in the oven for 25-30 minutes. They’re ready when the pastry has puffed up, they’re golden brown and the sausage meat is bubbling.
Serve with baked beans, salad or vegetables or on their own with some ketchup.
Easy homemade sausage rolls
Ingredients
- 6 sausages
- 250 g ready-made puff pastry
- 1 egg
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C/170C Fan/350F and line two baking trays with baking paper.
Prepare the sausage mixture
- Use a sharp knife to slice down the side of the sausages and squeeze all the meat out or peel the skin off and pop it in the mixing bowl.
- Give the sausage meat a good mix. The easiest way to do this is with your hands, but you can use wooden spoons if you prefer not to get messy.
Make the sausage rolls
- Dust your work surface with a little flour then roll out the pastry into a large rectangle until it is about half a cm think (or the thickness of a pound coin). Alternatively, if you're using ready rolled puff pastry, simply roll it out very carefully on your work surface.
- Using your hands, shape the sausage mixture into three long sausage shapes and lay them down the middle of your pastry.
- Break the egg into a little dish, and give it a quick mix. Brush the pastry with the egg then fold one side of the pastry over the top, enclosing the sausage mixture in the middle. Cut down the edge of the sausage roll you've just formed. Repeat with the other sausage rolls.
- Seal the pastry shut with your fingers and turn them over so the join is on the bottom.
Bake the sausage rolls
- Brush the top of each sausage roll with the remaining egg mixture. Cut each length of sausage roll in half (or to whatever size you prefer) and transfer to your baking tray.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes. They’re ready when the pastry has puffed up, they’re golden brown and the sausage meat is bubbling.
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Dee says
is the sausage meat raw or cooked when you mix it with the onions etc?
cookingwithmykids says
The sausage meat and the vegetables are all raw when you wrap them in the puff pastry. It all cooks together in the oven.
Monika Dabrowski says
Such a great recipe to make with the kids, this is the kind of thing my son would make in his food tech class. Thank you for joining in with #CookBlogShare