A sausage roll is a savoury dish, popular in current and former Commonwealth nations, consisting of sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry. Although variations are known throughout Europe and in other regions, the sausage roll is most closely associated with British cuisine.
Sausage roll
A Dutch sausage roll (saucijzenbroodje) showing the puff pastry surrounding the roll of minced meat inside.
Sausage rolls for sale in the UK at a branch of Greggs.
Puff pastry, also known as pâte feuilletée, is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough and butter or other solid fat. The butter is put inside the dough, making a paton that is repeatedly folded and rolled out before baking.
A chicken pot pie made with puff pastry
Spanish pastry in Madrid
Puff pastry before baking, with layers clearly visible
Home made puff pastries with sugar