Mini Sausage Rolls Recipe With Puff Pastry

easy mini sausage rolls recipe made using puff pastry

Mini Sausage Rolls Recipe With Puff Pastry

This easy mini sausage rolls recipe using puff pastry features crisp, flaky bites with a savory spiced sausage filling. And you can make them ahead of time and bake them from frozen!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine British

Keyword Easy Sausage Roll Recipe, Homemade Sausage Rolls, Homemade Sausage Rolls With Puff Pastry, Mini Sausage Rolls, Sausage Roll Recipe, Sausage Rolls Using Puff Pastry, Sausage Rolls With Puff Pastry

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 25

Other Time: 15

Servings servings

Calories 483kcal

Author Faith Gorsky

Ingredients

Sausage Filling:

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup diced yellow onion about 1 small onion
2 large cloves garlic crushed
1 1/2 pounds bulk ground turkey sausage or ground turkey or ground chicken
1 large egg
1/2 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves or 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon dried ginger
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground sage
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Other:

17.3 ounce box frozen puff pastry thawed in the fridge overnight and then let it sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before rolling out (this size box comes with 2 sheets, you’ll need them both for this recipe)
1 large egg lightly beaten with 2 tablespoons water (for egg wash)

Optional Serving Suggestions:

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Make the Sausage Filling:

Heat the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Once melted, add the onion and cook until starting to soften, about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute more, stirring constantly. Cool 5 minutes.
Add the onion/garlic mixture, turkey sausage (or ground turkey), egg, thyme, salt, fennel seeds, dried ginger, white pepper, nutmeg, sage, and cayenne pepper to a large bowl. Use your hands to combine.

Assemble and Chill:

Preheat the oven to 400F.
Place a sheet of puff pastry onto a work surface, and roll it out just so it’s even (it should be about 9 to 10 inches long). Cut it in half lengthwise. Repeat with the other sheet of puff pastry so you have 4 puff pastry rectangles.
Divide the sausage mixture into 4 equal parts. Roll each piece of sausage into a log that’s slightly shorter than the puff pastry. Place each sausage log in the center of each pastry.
Lightly brush both sides of puff pastry with egg wash, and fold them over onto the sausage filling. Flip them over so each log is seam-side-down, and cut each log into 8 equal pieces.
Arrange the pieces on a half sheet pan lined with parchment paper or a silpat baking mat. Pop the whole tray into the fridge and chill for 15 minutes. Lightly brush the tops with egg wash.

Bake:

Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden, and the sausage is fully cooked, about 25 minutes.
Serve with any dipping sauce you like.

Notes

Nutrition Information: The nutritional information for this recipe was calculated without any optional serving suggestions.
Storage: Once they're cooled to room temperature, you can store these covered in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheating: You can use the oven or air fryer to reheat these.
- For the oven method, preheat the oven to 350F. Arrange the rolls on a baking tray so they aren't touching. Bake until warm throughout, about 10 to 15 minutes. (TIP: If they start over-browning before they're warm, drape a piece of foil on top.)
- To use the air fryer, preheat the air fryer to 350F. Arrange the rolls in the basket so they aren't touching. Air fry until warm, about 5 to 7 minutes, flipping once.

Make Ahead: How to Freeze Uncooked Sausage Rolls

Once the logs are cut into bite-sized sausage rolls, arrange them on a half sheet pan so they aren't touching.
Freeze them until they're frozen solid, about 4 hours.
Put the frozen sausage rolls into a zip-top plastic freezer bag that's labeled with the date, contents, and heating instructions.
The real time-saver here is that you can bake these from frozen. When you want to serve the sausage rolls, 1) arrange them on a baking tray, 2) brush the pastry tops with a little egg wash, and 3) bake in a 400F oven until the pastry is puffed and golden and the sausage is fully cooked, about 35 minutes.

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