Adding bacon to sausage rolls is a quick and easy way to add more flavour and make them even more delicious. These smokey bacon sausage rolls can be made ahead of time, frozen and cooked when needed. It might be more of an unusual sausage roll recipe but I can assure you it's worth making.
375gPuff Pastry(if frozen make sure it has defrosted before use)
500gPork Sausage Meat
9bacon medallions
1Egg
Instructions
Take the puff pastry out of the fridge about 20 minutes to half an hour before you want to start. This helps it soften up and makes it easier to roll out.
Preheat the oven to 200ºC fan / 400ºF / Gas Mark 7.
Line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper / baking parchment.
Add a little all-purpose (plain flour) to your worktop and roll out the 375g of Puff Pastry (try to keep it rectangular) or unroll a sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry.
Cut the pastry sheets into 3 equal pieces.
Add 3 bacon medallions along the line to the centre of each of the cut pieces of puff pastry making a line.
Add the 500g of sausage meat into a bowl, divide into 3 and using your hands form into thin sausages and place them the length of each piece of puff pastry.
Beat 1 egg in a small bowl and use a pastry brush to brush over the pastry.
Paint a line of egg brush along one edge and roll the sausage meat up (from the non-brushed side) in the pastry and place them seam side down (this will help stop them from unravelling in the oven).
Gently score the top of the sausage roll.
Use a knife and cut them into bite-size pieces. I tend to cut them into 8 pieces each but you can make them smaller. Place them on the prepared baking tray. Leave a gap between them so they can expand up in the oven.
Brush the sausage rolls with the beaten egg and place them in the oven.
Bake the Christmas sausage rolls for 20 minutes until they are light golden brown. (You can cut into a sausage roll to check the meat is cooked.)
Serve hot or cold.
Notes
•The bacon sausage rolls are great to make ahead of time. Once they are made (before you add the beaten egg) place them in the fridge and pull them out when you're ready to bake. Add the beaten egg and bake for the same amount of time as the recipe.•If you can't find sausage meat you can use regular sausages and cut the skins off.•The sausage rolls can be eaten hot or cold.•You can freeze them before they are baked to enjoy later. Defrost them and then bake as per the instructions.•Easy to make gluten-free by using gluten-free pastry.•Make vegan sausage rolls by using vegan sausage meat.