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    Home » Recipes » Christmas Food

    Festive Sausage Rolls

    December 9, 2012 By Sara McCleary Updated November 29, 2020 - This post may contain affiliate links

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    Festive pork and veal ausage rolls perfect for Christmas. Packed with flavour and given the festive touch with cranberries. Easy Christmas entertaining, plus they freeze like troopers.

    Amongst the sophisticated hors d'oeuvres that may grace your Christmas table, it is always nice to have something for the kids.  What really makes these sausage rolls festive is the use of cranberry sauce in the filling. 

    I feel it is enough of a 'Christmas' ingredient to slide these into my Christmas recipes, just...... As easy as this recipe is, the sage leaves and cranberry sauce take the humble sausage roll to a whole new level.   

    The beauty of this recipe is the sausage rolls can be made in advance and frozen once they have been assembled.  If not used for Christmas day, they really are great to have on hand in the freezer to pop in the oven when unexpected guests pay a visit.  Trust me, big kids will devour these just as quickly as the little ones.

    Sara xxx

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    Festive Sausage Rolls

    Recipe Author: Sara McCleary
    Perfect for big kids and little kids alike.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Servings 30
    Calories 191 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 250 grams pork mince
    • 250 grams veal mince
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
    • ½ cup cranberry sauce
    • 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
    • 3 Tablespoons finely chopped sage leaves
    • Pinch of salt & cracked black pepper
    • 3 sheets of store bought frozen puff pastry thawed
    • 1 egg extra, lightly beaten
    • 3 Tablespoon fennel seeds

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven 220 degrees C/200 degrees C fan forced or 425/400 degrees F.
    • Line two baking trays with baking paper.
    • In a large bowl place pork and veal mince, egg, fresh bread crumbs, cranberry sauce, Worcestershire, sage, salad and pepper. Mix ingredients well until completely combined.
    • Cut puff pastry sheets in half.
    • Place on sixth of the mixture along the middle of each half evenly. Roll up the pastry to enclose with the seam side down.
    • Cut each roll in to five pieces and place on baking trays. Brush rolls with extra egg and sprinkle with fennel seeds.
    • Bake for 25 minutes or until the rolls are golden and cooked through.
    • Rolls can be made the day before and reheated. Alternatively uncooked rolls can be frozen for up to three months. If cooking from frozen, defrost in fridge first.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 191kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 5gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 104mgPotassium: 95mgSugar: 2gVitamin A: 30IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1.2mg
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    Comments

    1. Rita (mademoiselle délicieuse)

      January 17, 2013 at 1:13 am

      Sausage rolls for adults and kids alike! Loving the styling of your recipe photos and also that cute-as mini casserole pot-cum-tomato-sauce-dish.

      Reply
    2. Sara

      December 29, 2012 at 10:08 am

      Hope they turned out 🙂

      Reply
    3. The Food Sage

      December 15, 2012 at 3:31 am

      I love home-made sausage rolls, a prime example of something tasting much better than the bought variety. These look great. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 29, 2012 at 10:08 am

        They really are, I am not a fan of store bought sausage rolls at all.

        Reply
    4. Gourmet Getaways

      December 10, 2012 at 11:54 pm

      I always stock up in cheese and biscuits, lollies, nuts and stone fruit... Just in case.

      Plus I love making shortbread for the cookie jar 🙂

      My kids love homemade sausage rolls and they would make such an easy and delicious snack over the Christmas period.

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:29 pm

        We always stock up on cheese. Hmm, let me correct that statement. I always stock up on cheese :p

        Reply
    5. Von

      December 11, 2012 at 2:44 am

      I'd always hated sausage rolls because I used to think they were all like the ones we used to get at our school canteen......which tasted pretty bad! 🙂 But now I've tasted proper homemade ones and I like them- they're so much better! Love the sound of sage and cranberry sauce in these too 🙂
      We never have unexpected guests (I guess we're kinda boring like that!) but I like to stock up my freezer with things that I can reheat when I'm too lazy to do any cooking! haha....

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:31 pm

        Oh the ones at my school canteen were pretty horrid too! I stock up on things too in the freeze, well all need a night/day etc off once in a while.

        Reply
    6. Christine @ Cooking Crusade

      December 10, 2012 at 10:42 pm

      Mmm yum. I find homemade sausage rolls are almost always 10x better than store bought frozen versions. Will have to start stocking up on food for my Xmas party to avoid the crazy last minute rush - great recipe for nibblies!

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:28 pm

        Thanks Christine. I do love to have things in the freeze.

        Reply
    7. Tina @ bitemeshowme

      December 09, 2012 at 10:32 pm

      I much prefer home made sausage rolls more than anything. Not only do you know what is in them, but you can control what is put in them, and your options are quite endless (despite how daring you want to be with flavours). I love the sound of adding cranberries - love the pop that they give!

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:24 pm

        Oh I totally agree Tina. Only really eat the homemade ones these days, well, unless they are from a few select places around town 😉

        Reply
    8. [email protected]

      December 09, 2012 at 8:36 pm

      Sausage rolls for the kids? Forget that, I want them for myself!

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm

        LOL John

        Reply
    9. My Kitchen Stories

      December 09, 2012 at 8:32 pm

      They look great Sara and welcome on any table at any time.

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:21 pm

        Thanks so much 🙂

        Reply
    10. Food is our religion

      December 09, 2012 at 10:53 am

      mmm I think I have to change my Xmas feast menu now after looking at this recipe. It is just too easy to make for me not to make!

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:19 pm

        I say make them up for the freezer to be popped out on Boxing day!

        Reply
    11. Miss Piggy

      December 09, 2012 at 9:16 am

      These sound delicious - eat your heart out Bourke Street Bakery!

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:17 pm

        Awe shucks, thanks Mel xxx

        Reply
    12. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      December 09, 2012 at 8:44 am

      I don't know anyone (apart from vegetarians) that doesn't love a good sausage roll! 😀

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 11, 2012 at 2:14 pm

        Hmm I should try for a tofu cranberry roll for next year :p

        Reply

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