Keto sausage rolls
Savory sausage rolls are a favorite appetizer in the UK at Christmas or special events. But there's no need to give up this popular comfort food when you have this easy keto version. Almond flour and grated mozzarella create the pastry blanket. Use good quality sausage, but it's your choice whether it's pork or beef, mild or spicy.
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Ingredients
Sausage rolls
- 2 2 egg, one separatedeggs, one separated
- 1½ cups (6 oz.) 350 ml (170 g) almond flour
- 1 cup (4 oz.) 240 ml (110 g) mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 3 tbsp 3 tbsp butter, softened
- 6 6 un-cooked sausage in linksun-cooked sausages in links
- ½ tsp ½ tsp salt
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Instructions
- Separate one of the eggs into yolk and white. Reserve the yolk for the pastry glaze.
- Add the white of the egg, and the other whole egg to the almond flour, grated mozzarella, butter, and salt. Mix well using a large metal spoon.
- When you have a rough dough, use your hands to gather it into a ball. It will be sticky but will firm up when chilled. Flatten the ball a little and wrap it in parchment paper. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour or freezer for 40 minutes.
- Pre-heat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and line a baking tray with parchment or a silicone mat.
- Unwrap the chilled pastry and divide it into two. Place each half of the dough between two pieces of parchment paper and roll them out into long, narrow rectangles, about 12" x 4.5" (30 x 12 cm) The thickness should be about 1/8" (3 mm). To get the rectangular shape cut off pieces of the dough and place them where needed.
- Peel the casing off the sausage and lay them end-to-end along the center of the dough, three sausages to each rectangle. Use the parchment paper to roll and fix the dough around the sausages. Taking a sharp knife, trim off any excess dough. Then cut each length into 8 sausage rolls.
- Place each sausage roll on the prepared baking sheet. Brush with egg yolk.
- Bake for 22 to 25 minutes until the pastry is golden brown and firm to the touch. Serve warm with mustard on the side
Tip
The cooked sausage rolls can be kept in the fridge for three days or frozen for three months. Just reheat and serve.
About
This recipe comes from UK low-carb celebrity chef Katie Caldesi, created for her new recipe book, The Caldesi Low-Carb Christmas.
As Melanie said, the links are peeled but not cooked. They will cook as you bake the sausage rolls.
Many sausages come in a casing. You can slice the casing and remove it, leaving just the meat.
I have asked the recipe team for clarification, but I would assume Italian sausage or others of a similar size/shape.
Yes! Let us know how you like them! :)
That does sound tasty!
It is not necessary to melt the mozzarella in this dough.
“ Melted mozzarella cheese mixed with dry ingredients and egg - add half teaspoon phyllium husk per serve. Mix resembles play dough. Roll out between baking paper to 200 x 100 x 5mm pastry sheets. Place sausages and roll up, divide into required lengths. Egg wash and bake at 175°C fanbake for 20 mins (no need to refrigerate pastry prior to rolling out)
They taste amazing!”
So...for the posted recipe, add 4 tsp psyllium husks...
That does sound delicious! Thanks for sharing.
The ounces in this recipe are a measurement of weight, not volume. If we were going with the volume, the ingredient list would say fl oz for fluid ounces.
Thanks!
(I loved my host-Mum's sausage rolls when I was an exchange student in Australia many years ago. I'd love to make these!)
We have not tested this with cheddar, but if not using mozzarella, it would be best to use another soft cheese that melts well.
So glad they worked out for you!
Hi, Rosie! You can cook them from frozen.
I imagine your dish was as beautiful as it was tasty!
That's a great idea, I am glad that it works well as a crust.
Sounds great, Lucinda! Hope you enjoy!
Thank you for letting us know how this worked out! Many people will buy a brick of mozzarella and then freeze it. This way there are no anti-caking agents in it and it will shred easier.
Thank you for those tips!
Great idea! Glad you enjoyed this recipe.