Christmas sausage rolls
These easy Christmas sausage rolls are perfect for lunchboxes, festive entertaining, or freezing ahead. Kids love taking them to school, and they’re quick to make!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 slices bread
- 1-2 cloves garlic finely grated
- 2 tablespoon fresh/chopped thyme/rosemary/sage or 2 tablespoons dried herbs
- 1 knob butter melted
- Salt and pepper
- 300 g sausage meat use regular sausages, removing casings
- 2-3 spoons cranberry sauce
- 70 g cheese grated
- 1 pack ready rolled pastry 370g (leave it out of the fridge for 20 minutes before using)
- 1 egg beaten , sesames seeds optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven 180ºC fan. Line a tray with parchment paper.
- In a blender, combine the bread, garlic, herbs and butter, blend.
- Add the sausage meat, blend again.
- Unroll the pastry, but keep the paper underneath. Coat with the cranberry sauce. Top with spoons of the sausage stuffing, push down with a fork until its evenly spread. Top with cheese.
- Using the paper underneath, gently roll up the pastry.
- Cut into 8. Brush with eggwash, top with sesame seeds, bake 30-40 mins.
- Storage: Keep for 3 days in the fridge, eat hot or cold. If reheating pop in the oven or air fryer and heat until piping hot inside.
- Freezer: Freeze the raw sausage rolls on a tray, once frozen, pop into zip lock bags. Cook from frozen but add 5-10 minutes extra.
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