Sausage roll

Sausage roll

A sausage roll is a type of convenience food commonly served at parties and available from bakeries and milk bars as a takeaway food item. The basic formula for a sausage roll is generally a sheet of puff pastry sliced into two and wrapped into tubes around a filling based on sausage meat, blended with softer ingredients such as soaked bread, onion and egg, before being cooked. They can be served either hot or cold. Some variations on the basic recipe include chopped vegetables and other seasonings such as herbs and spices. Sausage Rolls may be served in various lengths from 1 or 2 inches (2.5 or 5 centimetre) so called "party" or "cocktail" sausage rolls, up to 6 or 7 inch (15 to 18 centimetre) 'Jumbo' sausage rolls. In Northern Ireland, Australia and The Netherlands, they have been known to be sold as large as 12 inches (30 centimetres) long.

A more gourmet version of the sausage roll is made by using some variety of sausage or frankfurter as the filling. When the filling consists of beef fillet the dish is known as "Beef Wellington".

References in society

On BBC Radio 1's the Chris Moyles Show, the wife of co-presenter Comedy Dave mentioned on air that he once likened himself to a sausage roll whilst wrapped up in his bed covers, with Dave stating 'I am the meat'.

Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Grand Duke" includes two songs and considerable dialogue about eating sausage rolls as a sign of membership in a secret society.

In Australia, children (and adults) sometimes sing the main chorus as "It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll" in AC/DC's song It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll). In the "Kid's commentary" on the DVD for School of Rock one of the children quotes this line when the song is played during the end credits.

In Holland, the sausage roll is synonymous in Dutch IT circles with Thom Lek. His rolls regularly get top billing in various Sodexho canteens.Fact|date=July 2008

ee also

*Pigs in Blankets

External links

* [http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/6687/sausage+rolls Sausage Roll recipe - taste.com.au]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • sausage roll — ► NOUN ▪ a piece of sausage meat baked in a roll of pastry …   English terms dictionary

  • sausage roll — sausage rolls N COUNT A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked. [BRIT] …   English dictionary

  • sausage roll — n BrE a piece of sausage meat surrounded by ↑pastry …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sausage roll — noun count BRITISH a food that consists of a tube of PASTRY with sausage meat inside it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sausage roll — noun sausage meat rolled and baked in pastry • Hypernyms: ↑pastry * * * sausage roll noun Minced meat cooked in a roll of pastry • • • Main Entry: ↑sausage * * * sausage roll UK US noun [countable] [ …   Useful english dictionary

  • sausage roll — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sausage roll : singular sausage roll plural sausage rolls British a food that consists of a tube of pastry with sausage meat inside it …   English dictionary

  • sausage roll — sausage rolled and baked in pastry; …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sausage roll — noun A short piece of sausage meat baked in a roll of pastry …   Wiktionary

  • sausage roll — noun a piece of sausage meat baked in a roll of pastry …   English new terms dictionary

  • sausage roll — /sɒsɪdʒ ˈroʊl/ (say sosij rohl) noun a roll of baked pastry filled with sausage meat …  

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”