Scottish Recipes - Sausage Rolls

Ahhhh Scottish Sausage Rolls.....

Sausage Rolls

Otherwise known as Pigs in a Blanket in other parts of the world

We Scots Love them

Many Scots cannot go to a birthday party, Christmas party, Hogmanay party or indeed any party without a delicious warm plate of Sausage Rolls being served

These yummy Sausage Rolls are the perfect party food

Again, like many of the things I make on a regular basis from Scotland, Sausage Rolls are one of the things most Scots can just go into the Supermarket and just buy. Lucky devils.

Small party sized Sausage Rolls are usually in the freezer section of a supermarket or larger Sausage Rolls can be found in the fresh bakery section and all High Street Bakers have a Sausage Roll you can pick up for under a £1, to be eaten either hot or cold

So this is more for someone who has never made these little scrummy delights or for the expat living abroad and needing a Sausage Roll fix, as probably a Scottish person living in Scotland wouldn't bother faffing around making Sausage Rolls

Well I wouldn't !!!

The best way to make authentic Sausage Rolls and for them to taste of home is to use British sausages, pork or beef


You will need

Puff Pastry & British Sausages

1pk of frozen puff pasty sheets (2 sheets in pk) I use Pepper ridge Farm sheets


1pk 6 British pork or beef sausages (using British sausage makes them taste authentic but any sausage meat will do the trick)


Some milk or beaten egg to glaze




Makes 24


Set your oven to 400F


1- defrost the frozen puff pastry and sausages as needed


2- lay out the puff pastry sheets, you will see the 3 sections

Puff Pastry

3- cut the skin from the sausages, if any, so you only have the meat

(men look away, tee hee) cut skin from sausages

4- place one sausage meat per section, squishing the meat all the way up (6 sausages, 6 puff pastry sections) I also add some extra salt on the sausage

Sausage meat in each section

5- using scissors, cut the folds

Cut each seam

6- using a pastry brush, brush the milk or egg on one side and roll over and seal

brush egg down one side to seal

roll over and seal - see now we know why they are called "Sausage Rolls"

7- using a sharp knife or scissors, cut each long sausage roll into 4

Sausage Rolls cut

8- brush each individual sausage roll with egg or milk and make a hole on the top with the point of knife for air to escape while cooking

9- Lay the raw Sausage Rolls on a baking tray about 2 inches apart

lay on tray

0- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and raised

Cooked Sausage Rolls

Sausage Rolls

Enjoy either hot or cold on a platter for some great party food

or enjoy the scottish way with HP or Brown Sauce or with Heinz baked beans

Sausage Rolls and Brown Sauce

Sausage Rolls and Heinz Beans

Enjoy my pals

Angela