Homemade sausage roll recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
With its light, flaky pastry and delicious meaty filling, homemade sausage rolls really are the best party food all year round. They’re also perfect picnic fare, easy to transport and even easier to eat. You can double the quantities in this sausage roll recipe and freeze half the batch for impromptu guests or last-minute alfresco feasts. Find out how to make sausage rolls and you'll never look back!
See method- Serves 4 (makes 8)
- 15 mins to prepare and 40-45 mins to cook
- 322 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 6 Tesco Finest British pork sausages, skins removed
- 1 tbsp English mustard
- 4 rashers streaky bacon, finely chopped
- 1 x 320g sheet ready rolled puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- ketchup, to serve (optional)
- crushed chillies, to serve (optional)
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1340kJ 322.0kcal
- Fat
- 24g
- Saturates
- 9g
- Salt
- 1.0g
- Sugars
- 1g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 14.6gProtein 12.8gFibre 1.5g
Method
- Heat the oil in a frying pan set over a medium heat then cook the onion for 8-10 mins until softened. Transfer to a large bowl and leave to cool.
- Add the sausage meat, mustard and bacon to the bowl with the onions and mix together. Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C.
- Unroll the pastry and cut in half lengthways to make 2 long strips. Halve the sausage mix and lay each half along the long edge of one of the pastry strips in a thin sausage shape.
- Tightly roll up the meat in the pastry, finishing with the join underneath. Press lightly to seal the join. Brush all over with the egg and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Cut each roll into 4.
- Space the rolls out on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 30-35 mins, until golden, crispy and cooked through. Serve with ketchup mixed with crushed chillies, if you like.
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Freezing and defrosting guidelines
You can freeze the cooked rolls. Allow to cool completely, wrap well in clingfilm and tin foil (to prevent freezer burn) and freeze for up to 3 months.
Loosen the tin foil and clingfilm but leave to defrost in packaging at room temperature for several hours before serving. If you wish to serve the baked goods warm, place them on a baking sheet for 10 minutes in a moderate oven.
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