Australian Sausage Rolls ~ A Classic Aussie Recipe
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Today I offer you a traditional Aussie recipe – the classic Sausage Roll!
Homemade sausage rolls are one of DH’s favorite foods… like his mum and nana used to make. I had never had a sausage roll like this before, not until I married him. The Dutch have sausage rolls, but not quite the same, as my mother often tells me, lol!
Since DH loved them so much and they are cheap and easy to make, I learned how to make them.
This is what you need (the full list is in the recipe at the end of the post):
Plop everything in a large bowl, the biggest bowl you have….
Don’t forget to soak the two pieces of bread in water…. like I often do…. I need to remind myself to start with that step… just put two slices of bread in a deep bowl and cover with water till it’s absorbed…
Grab some gloves (or not!) and mix it all up… It’s nice and squishy….
Make sure the bread is nicely squished up with all the other stuff….
Grab your puff pastry sheets and cut them in half. Here in Australia you buy them in the freezer section – I just buy the cheapest no-name brand and start spooning the sausage mix into the middle of the half sheets:
Pull one side of the pastry up and over the meat mixture:
…. and then the other side:
Flip it around so that the seam side down, then using a sharp knife, cut PERFECTLY even “rolls”…. just kidding, I eyeball it, and I don’t get them anywhere near perfectly the same size!!!
Place them on a baking tray; I use baking paper, otherwise they stick:
Grab the second egg, which you have already beaten with a fork in a small bowl, of course, to make an egg wash…. and brush it onto the sausage rolls…
Pop it in the preheated oven (or not because I always forget to preheat….) and cook for about 30min till golden brown….
Serve with some “dead horse” (tomato sauce) (aka ketchup):
These are also great to freeze, by the way, if you can get them into the freezer before everyone eats them!
Australian Sausage Rolls
Ingredients
- 500 g Sausage Mince
- 1 Apple, grated
- 1 Carrot, grated
- 1 Onion, diced
- 1 Egg
- 2 slices bread, soaked in water
- 1 tsp Mixed herbs
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 3 sheets Puff Pastry
- 1 Egg beaten for brushing on top of rolls
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C or 360F
- Place all ingredients in large bowl and mix well.
- Cut the sheets of pastry in half.
- Add the meat mixture on top of the pastry lengthwise, then fold the pastry over from both sides.
- With the folded edge on the bottom, cut the pastry into small rectangles.
- Place on baking sheet, brush with beaten egg.
- Cook for 30 min, or until golden brown.
You can print the recipe by clicking on the “print recipe” button at the top or in the recipe box… OR you can download and print it for free from this link:
Australian Sausage Rolls ~ A Classic Aussie Recipe
Enjoy!
What an interesting recipe, and they look divine! The recipe reminds me of our meatloaf, except yours is made with sausage. My Hubs loves anything in puff pastry – I’ll have to give these a try!
Adding the grated apple sounds like a little bit of “sweet” which my husband loves. I’m going to give the rolls a try! Thanks!
Yum–looks delicious and easily doable! Thanks!
I saved the recipe. They sound delicious. Dead Horse got me. Haha Is that ketchup or cocktail sauce? Tomato sauce around here is in a can and used to make spaghetti sauce and the like.
These sound and look delicious, Joy. I like how this recipe includes the carrots and apples. I would have never thought of that. I will be saving this recipe for a holiday finger food. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe with us.
We sometimes buy them in the frozen food section of the grocery store, generally for either Christmas or New Year’s. They don’t look too hard to make so we might try them.