One of Marc’s oldest and dearest friends from school is from Australia. When he had to move back, they wrote letters (this was pre-internet) but then lost touch for a while. Through the magic of Facebook, they got back in touch years ago and it has been a beautiful friendship ever since! It’s amazing how computers can bridge the distance literally across the world. I finally got to meet his friend Liam and his wonderful wife Lauren in person when they flew in a couple of weeks before our wedding. They came to all of our wedding festivities and Liam was even one of the groomsmen. Lauren and I became fast friends when they were here and I love chatting with her on the computer, especially about food. She asked me if I knew about Australian sausage rolls and I didn’t. So she sent me a recipe a while back and I had to try it because it sounded so good. They were easy to make!
These babies definitely became one of my favorite bites. They were so savory and full of great texture. So here’s a big cheers to my dear friend down under Lauren for the wonderful recipe! You can find the recipe she sent me here. I adapted it with a few changes but still followed it fairly closely. Enjoy, friends!
Australian sausage rolls are such a classic from the land down under! An amazing sausage filling gets wrapped in flaky puff pastry.
- 1 1/2 pounds ground sweet Italian sausage
- 1 whole onion finely diced
- 1 whole carrot peeled and grated
- 1 cup baby spinach finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 sprig rosemary finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
- 2 whole eggs divided
- 3 sheets frozen puff pastry thawed
- black sesame seeds as needed for sprinkling on the rolls
- ketchup for serving
- First, prepare the filling. Combine the ground Italian sausage, onion, carrot, spinach, garlic, rosemary, smoked paprika, salt, pepper and one of the eggs in a bowl. Mush it together with clean hands thoroughly like you are making meatballs or meatloaf. Set the bowl aside. Pre-heat the oven to 400 and line two sheet pans with silicone mats or parchment paper. Crack the other egg into a bowl and beat it to make an egg wash. Take the puff pastry sheets and lay them out on a clean work surface. Cut them each in half lengthwise to have 6 strips total of puff pastry.
- Divide the sausage filling into 6 equal portions. Mold one of the portions into a log down the length of one of the puff pastry strips and repeat with the remaining 5 portions to fill each sausage roll. It's best to do all 6 fillings at once before rolling them up so you don't have to wash your hands between each roll. Roll each puff pastry sheet tightly to surround the sausage log. Then brush each roll with egg wash and sprinkle them with the black sesame seeds.
- Cut each roll into 6 equal pieces to have 36 pieces total. Line 18 pieces up onto each sheet tray and bake the sausage rolls for 20 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 350 and bake them for another 10 minutes. When they are done, take them out and serve them immediately as a party bite or fun lunch! They can also be frozen up to the point before baking. Just freeze them in a single layer so that they don't stick to each other and bake them right from frozen as you need them! They are traditionally served with ketchup and it works so well. Enjoy!
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Love all of these and the new photos!! The iPhone takes fantastic photos, no need for a super fancy camera :-). We are good here my friend, hope all is well with you too! xoxo
Best recipe ever!! I love everything that is included in this and I love how simple the recipe and direction seem! What a perfected Superbowl food!
Oh yes, these babies are just made for Super Bowl snacking! Thanks so much!!
Yum! Give me anything in a puff pastry! My kids would love these too!
Same here, puff pastry is the best! Thanks so much for the kind words :-).
This would be a genius way to hide veggies for my kids…and hubby. Haha!
Absolutely! Hope they all enjoy these, thanks for the comment :-).
oh I’m definitely pinning this recipe for later! this looks sooo delicious and simple to make! Hopefully my husband will approve if not I’ll eat them all myself!
I hope he approves too and that you enjoy them!! Thanks so much for the kind words :-).
This seriously just made me hungry!! This sounds similar to an Irish dish that friend recently taught me
Yes, this is definitely a thing in the UK as well! Thanks very much for stopping by :-).
These look fantastic! I just printed the recipe. Did you let the pastry thaw completely? I never have luck with it being easy to work with when it thaws completely.
Thank you so much!! Oh I am with you, it is too hard to work with if it completely thawed. I just let it thaw enough to be able to roll up easily.
Oh goodness, these look absolutely delicious!
Thanks very much!!
My mouth actually started watering when I read this! A dinner like this would be a huge hit in my house and I’m thrilled it can even be made on a weeknight.
I really appreciate that Jen, thanks very much!! It was definitely a huge hit here, and also makes a great party bite.
My mouth is watering!!! I’m going to keep this recipe in mind to make ahead for all of those upcoming celebrations this fall and winter.
Oh perfect, thank you so much!!
I love your step-by-step photos!
Thank you so much!! I hope they are helpful.
Just made these because I’ve been missing Australia since my vacation there a year ago. These seriously took me back and tasted as good as I remember them being! Thanks for the awesome recipe, made my heart very happy
I LOVE hearing that, thank you so much!! It’s the best when food evokes great memories :-).
My husband went to boarding school in Australia and I would love to make Sausage Rolls for him. I clicked on the link of the original recipe from your Australian friend as I wanted to see that one as well and it was not there. Is that recipe still on your site somewhere? I would like to see that one as well.
Thanks,
Hi! I love that you want to make these! I just took a look and it does unfortunately look like that recipe link no longer works. They must have taken it down or the URL changed. I don’t have it anywhere else except through that link, but there are loads of recipes on Google you can compare this one to. Hope that helps!