Is a party even a party without a pile of Mini Sausage Rolls? I don't think so! These little puff pastry cloaked sausage morsels are so moreish you'll need to make a second batch! Oven and air fryer instructions included.
½tspVegetable Oil - for greasing - air fryer method only
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200c fan. Line a large oven tray with baking parchment.Note - Skip this step if using an air fryer. Scroll for specific air fryer cooking instructions.
Roll 375 g Puff Pastry into a large rectangle or unroll a sheet of ready rolled puff pastry on a floured surface.
Use a sharp knife to cut the pastry sheets into 3 equal pieces. Make the shorter cut of the two or the pastry will be too thin to roll.
Remove the skins from 500 g Pork Sausage Meat.
Divide the sausage meat evenly along the middle of each pastry strip. I did this by rolling each unskinned sausage a little thinner and squidging the ends together.
Beat 1 Egg in a small bowl,
Use a pastry or silicone brush to egg wash all of the exposed pastry.
Roll the pastry around the sausage meat.
Make sure to fully seal the edges together so that it doesn’t come apart during the cooking process.
Line up the long sausage rolls and use a sharp knife to cut them all in half.
Cut each half roll into 6 further pieces. I do this by halving each again and then cutting each smaller roll into 3.
Move the rolls onto the lined baking tray.
Use more of the beaten egg to wash the tops and sides of each sausage roll. Spend a little time doing this so that they’re fully covered (not the ends with exposed sausage meat).
Bake the rolls for 20 minutes until they are a light golden brown and the sausage meat is cooked all the way through. You can cut into one to check.
Serve hot or cold.
To Air Fry (see notes section for more guidance)
Prepare the sausage rolls per the oven instructions but apply the egg wash without moving them to a tray.
Preheat your air fryer if your version requires you to.
Once hot, remove the basket and lightly grease using an oil spray (not fry light) or brush on some oil. Be careful because the basket will now be hot.
Use tongs to carefully place the rolls into the basket. Make sure to leave enough room for the rolls to puff up.
Cook for 15 minutes at 180c/350f.
Remove the rolls from the basket to a cooling rack then continue to cook the remaining rolls in as many batches as you need.
Notes
The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a Corsori Lite (CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can fit 12 mini sausage rolls in the basket at a time. The fit is quite snug. For the recipe as written, this means that I need to cook the sausage rolls in 3 batches.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.