Sausage roll

A sausage roll is a savoury dish, popular in current and former Commonwealth nations, consisting of sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry. Although variations are known throughout Europe and in other regions, the sausage roll is most closely associated with British cuisine.[1] It is usually eaten as a snack.

Sausage roll
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Serving temperatureHot or room temperature
Main ingredientsPuff pastry, sausage meat

Composition

 
A Dutch sausage roll (saucijzenbroodje) showing the puff pastry surrounding the roll of minced meat inside.

Sausage rolls are made from sheets of puff pastry formed into tubes around sausage meat and glazed with egg or milk before being baked.[2] They can be served either hot or cold. In the 19th century, they were made using shortcrust pastry instead of puff pastry.[3]

A vegetarian or vegan sausage roll can be made in the same manner, using a meat substitute.[4]

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References

  1. "Sausage roll row: US 'invents' new summer snack" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2017-06-24. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40392410. Retrieved 2023-05-07. 
  2. Sausage Roll Recipe. Food Network. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sausage-roll-recipe/index.html. Retrieved 28 October 2009. 
  3. "Our New Cook-Book". Peterson's Magazine. 15: 438. July 1866. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  4. "Greggs working on vegan versions of all its bestselling foods" (in en). The Guardian. 23 August 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/23/greggs-to-develop-vegan-versions-of-all-its-bestselling-foods. Retrieved 11 October 2020.