If you love sausage rolls and want to experiment with different flavours, this recipe is a great place to start. Beloved by The Australian Women’s Weekly team, these sausage rolls put a tasty twist on an Aussie favourite and over the years, they’ve simply become known as our Test Kitchen Sausage Rolls.
Ingredients
Method
Preheat oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan-forced). Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.
Remove casings from sausages by making a long slit using a sharp knife along the length of the sausage; peel away casing and discard. Place sausage meat and minced beef in a medium bowl.
Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and carrot; cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes or until onion softens; Cool mixture slightly. Add the onion mixture, tomato sauce, breadcrumbs to the meat mixture. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper; mix well.
Place a sheet of pastry on a board, cut in half. Place one sixth of the mince mixture along the centre of the pastry. Brush one side of pastry with a little egg, then roll other side of pastry over to enclose the sausage mixture; cut into 3 pieces. Repeat with remaining pastry and mince mixture. Place sausage rolls onto prepared trays. Brush with egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with tomato sauce, if desired.
Editor’s tip
This sausage roll recipe has evolved from the basic, to one where I’ve drawn on my Moroccan family and added sweet fried onions, garlic, grated carrot and a touch of cumin that adds an earthy depth of savouriness. They freeze beautifully, either cooked or uncooked and I guarantee they’ll be a crowd pleaser at any gathering.
Fran Abdalloui, Food Director, The Weekly
Can these sausage rolls be frozen?
Unbaked and baked sausage rolls suitable to freeze.
Can I cook sausage rolls the day before a party?
If you’re planning ahead, sausage rolls can be prepared the day before, stored in the fridge or freezer and then baked just before serving. You could also bake your sausage rolls the day before and then reheat them.
For food safety, make sure you refrigerate or freeze your sausage rolls as soon as possible, including if you’re baking them the day before. According to the ACT state government’s Food safety and parties guide (which includes a mention for sausage rolls): “Once the steam stops rising, cover the food and put it immediately in the fridge. You want it to cool as quickly as possible so that spores, which can survive cooking, don’t germinate.”
