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    Vegan Sausage Rolls

    Posted: Aug 21, 2019 ยท Updated: Dec 23, 2021

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    Meat-free Vegan Sausage Rolls

    These delicious and easy vegan sausage rolls, with golden, flaky puff pastry enclosing a savory, herby filling, come together in minutes and need just seven ingredients. They make a fun addition to your child's -- or your -- lunchbox, and are soy-free and nut-free.

    Golden, flaky vegan sausage rolls on a white plate stuffed with apple sage sausage and with more rolls in the background on a baking sheet

    It's that time of year again: my voicemail box is filling up with back-to-school messages from the school district and my heart's filled with dread and excitement.

    Jay begins middle school this year, yikes, can you imagine? He came to us as a six-year-old, barely up to my waist, speaking no English but bright as a penny and gifted with street smarts that helped him quickly settle into an unfamiliar milieu. He started first grade not a month after arriving on U.S. shores, armed with the alphabet and a few basic words and sentences we had managed to cram into his fertile little head in the weeks we'd had him.

    A row of crispy, golden, flaky vegan sausage rolls on a baking sheet

    Today, on the verge of sixth grade, he's already a strapping 11-year-old who reads nonstop, won't stop telling me facts about jet propellers and car engines that I don't need and am not interested in, and is probably going to make good on his promise of beating my 5 feet four inches within the next year.

    Back to school also means I have to start thinking of ways to make attractive, healthy lunchboxes for him that won't go into the bin. Jay is, like any child his age, a moderately fussy eater, although his food habits have improved vastly since he came to us, partly because he's gotten used to the food, and partly because I've refused to give in to every food whim. He has this ability -- and I don't know if it's common to every child or peculiar to him -- of guzzling down vast quantities of food he likes, almost like a wolf, and then eating very little of what he doesn't really care about. Since the pediatrician thinks that's okay because it all balances out, and he's a healthy child, I don't worry about it too much.

    But I also don't want him throwing away perfectly good food at school, where I'm not around to keep an eye. So when I make his lunchbox, I try and give a little, by making foods that are healthy but also have elements he loves, like the crunch and flakiness of puff pastry.

    A sliced sausage roll on a white plate in the foreground with more sausage rolls on a baking sheet in the back against a black background

    During our recent trip to Ireland, our bus made a stop at a gas station convenience store on our way from Dublin to Belfast, where I saw a sign -- in the bathroom -- advertising their vegan sausage roll. I told you guys in my vegan Irish Stew just how vegan-friendly the country is, but even so I was surprised and intrigued. So I got myself a vegan sausage roll.

     Jay grabbed it off my hand and ate most of it, it was so good. So as I started thinking up lunchbox ideas for him, this meat-free roll was a no-brainer.

    One of the rules of thumb I try to follow when I come up with school lunch recipes is that they have to be -- at least in most cases -- easy enough for a child to make. That's because once the school year is on, there's no time for long, complicated recipes every day. These sausage rolls require just a handful of ingredients, and they take minutes to make.

    Vegan sausage rolls on a baking sheet, overhead shot.

    Ingredients for egan sausage rolls:

    • Two puff pastry sheets (I use the Pepperidge Farm sheets which are vegan for convenience. But for a purer, healthier version of puff pastry, try my homemade puff pastry sheets. You can even make them whole-wheat!)
    • Vegan sausage (I used Field Roast's Smoked Apple Sage sausage because the flavors in the vegan sausage I ate definitely had hints of sage and some sweetness.)
    • Onions
    • Garlic
    • Dry sage
    • Ground black pepper
    • Vegetable oil

    These meatless sausage rolls are just perfect for a snack or lunch. They are crispy and crunchy and incredibly savory, and I bet you won't be able to stop at one. Neither will your young one.

    Looking for more vegan kid-friendly foods for back-to-school?

    • Vegan Falafel
    • Mexican Potato and Bean Cakes
    • Vegan Cheesy, Garlicky Pull Apart Pizza Bread
    • Vegan Cabbage Chickpea Torta

    Discover more fun vegan lunchbox ideas in these posts:

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    Vegan Sausage Rolls Recipe

    Meatless sausage rolls on a white plate
    A plate with a vegan sausage roll and a filling of apple sage sausage with onions and garlic

    Vegan Sausage Rolls

    These delicious and easy vegan sausage rolls, with golden, flaky puff pastry enclosing a savory, herby filling, come together in minutes. They make a fun addition to your child's -- or your -- lunchbox, and are soy-free and nut-free.
    5 from 14 votes
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    Course: Appetizer/Snack/Meal
    Cuisine: British, Irish, Soy-free, Vegan
    Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
    Keyword: Vegan Sausage Rolls
    Prep Time: 10 mins
    Cook Time: 25 mins
    Servings: 12 rolls
    Calories: 330kcal
    Author: Vaishali ยท Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes

    Equipment

    • Skillet
    • Baking sheet

    Ingredients 
    US Customary - Metric

    • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
    • 1 medium onion (very finely diced -- you don't want large pieces in the filling)
    • 2 cloves garlic (very finely minced)
    • 13 to 14 oz vegan sausage (I used Field Roast's Smoked Apple Sage. Crumble into small bits. You can use Beyond or another vegan sausage)
    • 1 teaspoon dry sage (there's already sage in the sausages I used, but I wanted more sage-y flavor. Use more or less depending on your taste)
    • ยฝ cup bread crumbs
    • Ground black pepper and salt to taste
    • 2 sheets puff pastry (thawed)
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    Instructions

    • Heat the oil in a skillet. Add the onions and garlic, season with salt and pepper, and saute until the onions are translucent.
    • Add the crumbled vegan sausage, bread crumbs and the sage and mix together well. Check if you need more salt and pepper and add if necessary. Turn off the heat.
    • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
    • Take one puff pastry sheet and lay it flat on the counter or your work surface. You can either use this as is, or roll just slightly, until a couple of inches longer. Using the three folds in the puff pastry as a guide, use a pizza cutter to cut the sheet into three, then cut each piece in half horizontally so you have six squares of puff pastry, each about five inches square.
    • Divide the filling into 12, and make an oblong ball (it will be crumbly but will hold together) with each portion.
    • Dab a little water along one of the edges of each puff pastry square. Place the filling inside the puff pastry close to the other edge and roll as tightly as possible, pressing down at the end to seal the seam. Place the sausage roll, seam side down, on a baking sheet. Repeat for the rest of the filling and puff pastry.
    • Place the sausage rolls in the hot oven and bake 22-25 minutes or until golden-brown. I like to brush on a mix of 1 teaspoon oil and 1 teaspoon nondairy milk on the tops of the rolls for a little extra color.
    • Serve hot, warm or at room temperature.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1vegan sausage roll | Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 135mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 5mg
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    About Vaishali


    Hi! I am so happy you're here. I'm Vaishali, and I've been sharing recipes for delicious vegan food at Holy Cow Vegan since 2007. Every one of the more than 1,000 recipes on this blog has been tried and tested -- and loved -- by my family and I. I hope you will find something here to share with your loved ones. Thanks for stopping by!
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    Comments

    1. Irene

      March 10, 2022 at 10:59 am

      5 stars
      I made these last year for a St. Patrick's Day potluck and they disappeared in minutes. They are lovely and highly recommend. Will make them again this year.

      Reply
    2. Jackie

      November 21, 2021 at 1:34 pm

      Hi Vaishali,

      I look forward to making these sausage rolls as an appetizer for Thanksgiving this year. I wanted to ask your opinion on how I might make these ahead of time. Should I fully cook them and reheat in the oven or freeze them before baking? Any suggestions, so I can cut back on prep on Thanksgiving day?

      Thanks,
      Jackie

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      • Vaishali

        November 22, 2021 at 5:27 pm

        Hi Jackie, freeze them before baking for best results.

        Reply
    3. Denise

      January 13, 2021 at 5:27 am

      5 stars
      Hiya, looking forward to making these! Can they be frozen at any point?

      Reply
      • Vaishali

        December 23, 2021 at 9:40 am

        Hi Denise, yes, you can freeze them after wrapping the puff pastry and before baking.

        Reply
    4. Ricardo Coelho

      December 02, 2020 at 4:59 am

      5 stars
      Amazing how such a simple recipe can be so delicious. A great treat to put on a lunchbox too. Love it.

      Reply
      • Vaishali

        December 23, 2021 at 9:41 am

        Thanks, Ricardo, so happy you loved it!

        Reply
    5. Margo

      August 02, 2020 at 4:57 pm

      I'm in Canada, S. Ontario and not a major city so finding vegan puff pastry is beyond difficult. Any suggestions. Thank you! Love your recipes!!

      Reply
      • Vaishali

        August 02, 2020 at 6:26 pm

        Hi Margo, can you make the puff pastry? If you can, here's my recipe. https://holycowvegan.net/vegetable-puffs-with-homemade-puff/

        Reply
      • Ricardo Coelho

        December 02, 2020 at 5:01 am

        I don't know how universal this is but in my experience (limited to European countries) frozen puff pastry is always vegan and is usually free from the additives that the fresh one has, so that's what I buy.

        Reply
      • Anonymous

        February 23, 2021 at 3:51 pm

        Not sure whether you've found a solution by now or not Margo but I found 7Days brand at FreshCo in TO.

        Reply
    6. Anonymous

      December 17, 2019 at 5:34 pm

      5 stars
      I made these for a work potluck where almost everyone is a proud meat eater. They were very well received (I didn't volunteer they were vegan until asked). I got lots of compliments and comments from my coworkers saying they were surprised how good they were. My meat eating coworkers downed about 80 of these things, they're yummy.

      Reply
      • Vaishali

        March 11, 2020 at 11:17 am

        So awesome to hear that!

        Reply
    7. Lois Martin

      August 21, 2019 at 10:00 pm

      Kudos to you for the passion and care that you take in feeding your family. I love that you recognize and want to give in a bit but still maintain great parenting skills. This is such a great recipe which i made 20+ years ago for my boys. The struggle is real...But I think you are winning!!! Much love to you and your awesome and intelligent young man!

      Reply
      • Vaishali

        August 25, 2019 at 10:41 pm

        Thanks for your kind words Lois!

        Reply
    8. LB

      August 21, 2019 at 3:07 pm

      5 stars
      Yummy

      Reply

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