Description
These Turkey & Cranberry Sausage Rolls combine lean turkey mince with fragrant thyme and sweet cranberry sauce wrapped in crispy puff pastry, making for a festive and delicious snack or light meal. Perfect for holiday gatherings or anytime you want a tasty, easy-to-make treat with the flavors of Christmas.
Ingredients
Scale
Turkey Mixture
- 500 g turkey mince
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
Other
- 375 g ready rolled puff pastry (1 pack)
- 130 g cranberry sauce
- 1 tbsp milk (for brushing)
- Spray oil (for greasing trays)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 190ºC (fan assisted) or 210ºC (non fan) to prepare for baking the sausage rolls.
- Prepare Turkey Filling: In a large bowl, add the turkey mince along with thyme, sea salt, black pepper, and garlic powder. Mix thoroughly using your hands to ensure the seasonings are evenly distributed through the meat.
- Prepare Pastry: Unroll the ready rolled puff pastry and cut it lengthwise into two equal strips. Spread half the cranberry sauce down the middle of each pastry strip.
- Form Sausage Shapes: Shape the seasoned turkey mince into two long sausage shapes and place each on top of the cranberry sauce along the center of each pastry strip.
- Seal Pastry: Brush one long edge of each pastry strip with milk. Roll the pastry over the turkey mince tightly, starting from the edge closest to you, then roll over so the sealed edge is underneath.
- Cut into Rolls: Using a sharp knife, cut each long roll into individual sausage rolls approximately of equal size to yield about 16 pieces in total.
- Prepare Baking Trays: Spray two baking trays with oil, place the sausage rolls spaced apart on the trays. Brush each sausage roll with milk to aid browning.
- Score Pastry Tops: Using kitchen scissors or a sharp knife, make roughly three small cuts on the top of each sausage roll to allow steam to escape while baking.
- Bake: Bake the sausage rolls in the preheated oven for 20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
- Cool: Remove from the oven and transfer sausage rolls immediately to a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
Notes
- Crispy puff pastry wrapped around flavorful turkey and sweet cranberry makes a delightful festive treat.
- Great for light lunches, snacks, or to serve at parties as finger food.
- Easy to prepare and once made, they’re sure to be requested again and again during the holidays.
- Use a sharp knife or scissors to score the pastry tops to help steam escape and ensure even baking.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sausage roll
- Calories: 173 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 170 mg
- Fat: 3 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 3 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 23 mg
