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Pork and apple sausage rolls

Author: VJ Published : September 2019 Updated : January 2022 / 7 people have commented

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Pork and apple sausage rolls are made with real pork mince (not shop-bought sausage meat). Finely diced red peppers provide an additional burst of flavour. Perfect for a picnic or a party, or pack some in your lunch box for a quick and easy midday snack.

A pork and apple sausage roll on a plate with tomato ketchup.

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Table Of Contents
  1. The great British sausage roll
  2. Ingredients for pork and apple sausage rolls
  3. How to make Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls
  4. Other snack recipes to try
  5. Pin for later
  6. Recipe – Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls
  7. Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls

The great British sausage roll

Ah, the humble sausage roll – as British as fish and chips or bangers and mash. Where would we be without it? We make them for parties and get-togethers, we eat them for snacks and quick lunches. They even make a great quick supper with baked beans and chips. According to Wikipedia. Greggs, the famous British bakery group, sold 140 million sausage rolls in 2017.

At its simplest form, a sausage roll is what its name implies – a sausage wrapped in a roll of crispy flaky puff pastry. The flakier the better. I’ve been known to eat a sausage roll on the train for breakfast, only to get to work and discover my jumper was still covered in crumbs.

This recipe for pork and apple sausage rolls takes the sausage roll one step further. It calls for proper pork mince rather than just squeezing the filling out of a raw sausage. I’ve added grated apple and finely chopped red pepper for additional flavour. Pork and apple are meant to go together. Who doesn’t love a slice of roast pork with apple sauce?

Why not put them to the test – I’m sure you’ll agree with me that these pork and apple sausage rolls are absolutely scrummy.

A pile of pork and apple sausage rolls on a plate.

Ingredients for pork and apple sausage rolls

Whenever I read a recipe I like to have a look at the ingredients to see whether I have everything I need. To make it easy for you – I’ve listed the ingredients below. You can get the full list of ingredients and instructions to make this recipe on the printable recipe card further down in the post.

  • Ground Pork – buy pork with the lowest fat content you can get. You don’t want your baking tray covered in pork fat as the sausage rolls cook.
  • 1 medium-sized onion and 1 medium-sized red pepper – both chopped into a fine dice
  • Grated apple. I used a Granny Smith apple, but a Bramley or any crisp apple would work just as well.
  • Panko breadcrumbs. They absorb some of the juices from the meat and help to bind the filling. You can whizz up a couple of slices of stale bread in a food processor if you can’t get Panko. I’ve used wholewheat bread with great success – the seeds in the wholewheat bread add a nice texture.
  • 1 clove of garlic – minced or finely chopped
  • A lightly beaten egg
  • Shop-bought puff pastry – you can make your own if you like, but shop-bought works perfectly well.
  • Olive Oil – for frying the vegetables. You can use vegetable oil if you prefer.
  • Salt and pepper – to taste

How to make Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls

This should be sufficient for 18 sausage rolls.

Collage of 4 images showing how to mix the filling for the sausage rolls.

Prepare and fry the vegetables

  • Finely dice the onions and pepper and grate the apple (image 1), then fry the gently in the olive oil until they are soft, and the moisture has evapourated (image 2). Allow to cool.
  • This step is important – if you add raw vegetables to the mince they will produce a lot of moisture when they cook. And moisture in sausage rolls equals soggy pastry. Not good.

Mix the ingredients together

  • Place the remaining ingredients and the cooled vegetables in a mixing bowl (image 3) and mix well to combine (image 4). You will probably find it easiest to use your hands rather than a spatula.

Form the sausage rolls

Collage of 4 images showing how to form the sausag rolls.
  • Unroll the pastry on a flat surface and cut into 3 (not shown).
  • Take 1/3 of the meat mixture and form it into a long sausage shape. Lay it on one of the pieces of puff pastry and brush one side of the pastry with egg-wash (image 1).
  • Bring the other side of the pastry up over the meat and then bring the egg-washed side up and seal into a long cylindrical shape (image 2).
  • Repeat twice more with the rest of the meat.

Bake

  • Cut each of the rolls into 6 pieces and arrange on a baking tray lined with baking parchment (image 3). The baking parchment stops the sausage rolls sticking to the baking tray.
  • Bake in a hot oven (200C / 400F) for 30 minutes until the sausage rolls are golden. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack (image 4).

Leftover filling?

  • If your pastry runs out before you have used up all the filling, just roll the leftovers into small meatballs and place on a separate baking sheet in the oven along with your sausage rolls. Instant meatballs!
A closeup of the baked pork and apple sausage rolls.

To serve

  • Serve these pork and apple sausage rolls with a big bowl of tomato ketchup. If you don’t like the bottled sauce, try this recipe for homemade chilli tomato sauce.
  • They would also go really well with my homemade chutney.
  • And of course you can just eat them plain.

Other snack recipes to try

Why not try some of my other snack food

  • Sesame chicken strips – delicious served with a sweet chilli dip.
  • Samosas with cheese and sweetcorn
  • Ham and cheese pinwheels
  • Thai meatballs with satay sauce
  • Scotch eggs – a classic British treat
  • Crustless bully beef tart

Or why not just have a browse through all my savoury treat recipes.

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A pile of pork and apple sausage rolls on a plate.

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Recipe – Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls

A pork and apple sausage roll on a plate with tomato ketchup.

Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls

Pork and apple sausage rolls are made with real pork mince (not shop-bought sausage meat). Finely diced red peppers provide an additional burst of flavour. Perfect for a picnic or a party, or pack some in your lunch box for a quick and easy midday snack.
Recipe by: Veronica
Party, Snack
British
Calories 274
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 18 sausage rolls
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Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Sharp Knife
  • Baking sheet
  • Cooling Rack
  • Small saucepan
  • Pastry brush
  • Garlic press
  • Grater

Ingredients

  • 1 packet Puff Pastry shop-bought is fine
  • 450 g (1 pound) ground pork
  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 1 medium red pepper finely chopped
  • 1 large Granny Smith apple grated
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 40 g (1Β½ oz) Panko or other breadcrumbs approximately β…“ cup
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil (or you can use vegetable oil)
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1 small Egg (lightly beaten) to seal the sausage rolls and to egg-wash the top

Instructions

  • Peel and finely chop the onion and red pepper
  • Wash and grate the apple (you can leave the skin on)
  • Peel and mince the garlic
  • Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in a saucepan and saute the onion, garlic, red pepper and apple until soft. Allow to cool.
  • Place the mince, breadcrumbs, egg, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl.
  • Add the cooled onion/red pepper mixture and mix well to combine
  • Unroll the puff pastry and cut into 3 equal strips.
  • Take 1/3 of the mince mixture, form it into a long sausage shape and place on one strip of pastry.
  • Brush one side of the pastry with beaten egg.
  • Bring the other side of the pastry up over the meat and then bring the
    egg-washed side up and seal into a long cylindrical shape.
  • Repeat twice more with the rest of the meat and pastry
  • Cut each strip into 6 equal pieces
  • Arrange the sausage rolls on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment and brush with the beaten egg
  • Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
  • Serve with a bowl of tomato ketchup for dipping

Notes

Cook the onion, apple and red pepper until they are quite dry.Β  You don’t want to add any moisture to the meat ingredients.
Allow the onion and red pepper to cool before adding them to the mince mixture.
If you find there is too much filling you can form the left-over into small balls and place on a separate tray in the oven with the sausage rolls.
The calorie count is based on 1 sausage roll.

Nutrition

Calories – 274kcal | Carbohydrates – 43.2g | Protein – 4.8g | Fat – 9.5g | Saturated Fat – 2g | Cholesterol – 15mg | Sodium – 208mg | Potassium – 94mg | Fiber – 2g | Sugar – 3.4g | Calcium – 47mg | Iron – 2mg

I am not a nutritionist. The nutrition information has been calculated using an on-line calculator, and is intended for information and guidance purposes only. If the nutrition information is important to you, you should consider calculating it yourself, using your preferred tool.

Unless otherwise stated, a cup is the standard US cup containing 240 ml. In all my recipes this cup is assumed to hold 140g of flour. For help converting other ingredients between cups, grams, ounces and other measures, see my recipe conversion calculator.
All my recipes are developed and tested at sea-level. For tips on adjusting recipes for high altitudes see my post on baking at high altitudes.
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About VJ

In my previous life, I was an IT Consultant. Now that I've swapped an office for a kitchen I have a lot more time to spend on things that interest me such as trying out new recipes. Most of my cooking is based around quick and easy meals, and you'll probably find a little South African influence creeping in due to the many years I spent there.

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Comments

  1. Jackie Bellwood

    10 January 2021 at 1:02 pm

    5 stars
    I have made these sausage rolls 4 times now and everybody raves about them. They are delicious. ?

    • VJ

      10 January 2021 at 1:51 pm

      Fantastic – thanks so much for letting me know πŸ™‚

  2. Michelle

    8 November 2020 at 3:37 pm

    5 stars
    Used my own Puff Pastry to make these and the carnivores really loved them (I made a Veggie version for myself). Only issue is storing them although they don’t last long.!

    • VJ

      9 November 2020 at 8:58 am

      So pleased you enjoyed them – I’ve been meaning to put up a recipe for homemade puff pastry for ages. You might have just given me the push I needed πŸ™‚ . Making a veggie version sounds delicious!

  3. Fitoru

    24 August 2020 at 6:43 am

    5 stars
    These are really great sausage rolls. They are my favorite.

  4. Jenny Walters

    2 March 2020 at 10:55 am

    5 stars
    Wow!! I LOVE homemade Sausage Rolls! These look absolutely delicious! They are one of those recipes that just blow the supermarket ones away. Thank you so much for sharing them with #BakingCrumbs

    • VJ

      2 March 2020 at 11:00 am

      Thank you – and they make LOADS of crumbs too πŸ™‚

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