Impressed by the big beef sausage rolls at B85 Artisan Bakery in Camden, Sydney, these are meaty and juicy and tacky. All the things you dream a mighty sausage roll to be! RTM‘s Chef Stephen put it finest: I’m gonna maul these. 😂

Lastly – epic beef sausage rolls, in Camden of all locations!
I’ve all the time favored the concept of beef sausage rolls, however the actuality by no means fairly lived as much as it. They’d simply style like meatloaf in puff pastry or have been disappointingly dry – most likely why basic sausage rolls are made with pork which is of course softer and juicier than beef.
However that each one modified the day I noticed the meat sausage rolls at B85 Artisan Bakery, a captivating little artisan bakery tucked away in Camden, a semi-rural suburb on the outskirts of Sydney. A hidden gem cherished by locals, they provide baked items that rival fashionable bakeries popping up throughout interior Sydney – from sourdough to focaccia, pastries to croissants.


However these beef sausage rolls. Oh my. First – they’re BIG. Beneficiant quantity of filling with layers upon layers of puff pastry. After which there’s the flavour: cheese and jalapeño. Genius. The tacky hit makes the filling outrageously moreish, whereas the little bits of jalapeño add a wee little bit of barely-there-spiciness cuts proper by way of the richness and provides sufficient curiosity so you recognize you aren’t consuming meatloaf.
However my favorite half? The tacky, crusted ends the place the beefy filling oozes out. I need to chew the ends off all of them!
And, nicely, you recognize the place this dialog is headed. Yup, you guessed it – I went residence and recreated my very own model. 🙂

And that is RTM‘s Chef Stephen mauling one (I do know, he’s obtained a approach with phrases, don’t he? 😂).

Substances
Right here’s what you want to make these assertion jumbo sausage rolls. A beef inventory dice (higher than salt!), parmesan, cheese and juicy box-grater shredded onion are my flavour secret weapons right here that pushes the savouriness of the filling into OMG territory!
Cheese jalapeño beef filling

Filling
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Onion – A complete peeled brown onion, grated to maintain the items advantageous sufficient to prepare dinner by way of with out sautéing individually. Plus, the onion juices add further flavour and make the filling further juicy. Tried and cherished approach I recurrently use for household favourites like meatloaf and Italian meatballs!
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Panko breadcrumbs – bigger crumbs than common breadcrumbs = softer filling. 🙂 Discover them at common grocery shops as of late (Asian part) although they’re cheaper in Asian shops!
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Beef mince (floor beef) – the fattier the higher! Juicier and higher beef flavour – as a result of fats is the place all of the flavour is.
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Beef inventory dice – Higher flavour than salt! This is without doubt one of the flavour secrets and techniques right here. I like OXO model as a result of it crumbles effortlessly into powder. You would additionally use 1 teaspoon of powder (the jar kind).
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Cheddar cheese – Just like the B85 OG, I exploit cheddar cheese although actually, any shreddable cheese that melts will probably be nice right here, besides I don’t suggest mozzarella (not sufficient flavour or salt) or parmesan/pecorino and related (subsequent ingredient). PS Pre shredded cheese is okay right here! 🙌🏻
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Parmesan cheese – I sneak in a bit for a flavour increase which does make it a bit of OTT on the savouriness scale!! So, you’ll completely survive with out it, I promise. 🙂
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Pickled jalapeno – See rave above for that is so good! Discover it within the pickle aisle ($3/500g). Notice although, I’m not certain B85 makes use of pickled jalapeño, it could possibly be recent. I like utilizing pickled for comfort, as a result of it’s softer (so melds higher), milder and likewise for the tang which is welcome on this in any other case reasonably wealthy filling.
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Salt and pepper – We want a bit of further salt on prime of the inventory dice.
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Egg – For binding the combination. With out, it’s going to crumble aside.
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Garlic – As a result of I couldn’t cease including flavour.
For the puff PASTRY

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Frozen puff pastry – butter is best! It tastes higher (butter!) and puffs higher and flakes higher. The packet will say “BUTTER Puff Pastry”. If it’s silent, it means it’s made with oil which doesn’t have as a lot flavour. (Or, verify substances).
You have to 2 sheets. The usual Australian measurement is 24cm squares (9.5″). Use it semi-frozen nonetheless when it’s simply pliable sufficient to wrap across the filling, it’s a lot simpler to deal with and likewise simpler to chop in half.
Notice: The puff pastry within the photograph above and video isn’t butter puff pastry which is extra yellowy. I by chance purchased a stack of non-butter puff pastry and I’ve to make use of it up.
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Egg, separated – We use the white half for sealing the pastry and the yolk for brushing to make it bake an attractive deep golden brown, and likewise to make the sesame seeds stick.
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Sesame seeds – Like B85, I like to make use of white and black sesame seeds. However you received’t be arrested for those who simply use one or the opposite, or go bare! (ie no sesame seeds).
Learn how to make B85 Beef Sausage Rolls
This base recipe makes 4 jumbo sausage rolls like those bought at B85. Or, you can also make 8 common measurement ones or 16 occasion sausage rolls.

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Onion juice soaked panko – Grate onion right into a bowl utilizing a field grater. Hold all of the juices – it’s the very best bit! Makes the filling further juicy and engaging. Then combine in panko so it soaks up the juices (softens, puffs when cooked = softer filling).
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All the things however cheese – Then add all the opposite filling substances besides the shredded cheese and blend it nicely along with your arms. Get proper in there and squeeze/squish till it’s mixed nicely.

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Crumble in cheese – Add the cheese then use your fingers to sort of “crumble” it by way of the combination earlier than mixing firmly with arms. Cause: In the event you don’t disperse first, then the shredded cheese will get squeezed into wads reasonably than combined evenly all through.
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Logs – Take the two puff pastry sheets out of the freezer. Then divide the filling into two equal parts and form right into a go browsing the pastry.
Get together sausage rolls – make 4 equal logs by slicing every sheet in half, then minimize every log into 4 to make 16 items in complete.

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Roll to surround the pastry with the filling, ending with a double layer on the bottom sealed with egg white. Trim off the surplus – about 2cm / 0.8″.
Tip: paint off cuts with egg white, sprinkle with salt and plenty of parmesan, bake 20 minutes = parmesan sticks!
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End – Reduce every log in half to make 4 huge sausage rolls in complete. Paint with egg yolk, sprinkle with the sesame seeds.

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Bake half 1 – Bake for 35 minutes in a scorching 200°C/425°F (180C fan-forced). This barely greater oven temperature makes the puff pastry golden and crispy, whereas the within cooks by way of with out drying out.
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Elevate on rack – Then, working shortly, switch the sausage rolls to a rack and bake for an extra quarter-hour till they’re very golden.
The rack transference step is to raise the bottom out of the juices that comes out of the meat so it might grow to be crispy. It should by no means be extremely crispy as a result of the filling is extremely juicy, however it’s not floppy, soggy and undercooked like too many sausage rolls are.
Get together sausage rolls – Bake half-hour on the tray, then 10 minutes on a rack on the identical temperature.
Give them 5 minutes to chill a bit so that you don’t give your self third diploma burns. Then it’s recreation on – seize the most important one for your self!

The above are B85 jumbo measurement (makes 4). Listed below are occasion sausage roll measurement (makes 16), instructions are within the recipe playing cards for these (barely shorter bake time).

And proof of juicy insides:


Sausage roll etiquette 101
In the event you ever convey a knife and fork close to my sausage rolls, they’ll be confiscated! These Aussie legends should be eaten with arms, with Aussie tomato sauce (ketchup additionally acceptable).
And for those who’ve obtained golden flaky pastry shards all down your prime, in your lap, in your hair and a hoop of them surrounding your chair, that’s how you recognize you’ve eaten it proper.
I hope you get an opportunity to attempt these! Whereas maybe not a precise duplicate of the B85 Jalapeño Cheese Beef Sausage Rolls (their flaky pastry alone is much superior to retailer purchased), I feel it captures the moreishness that makes them so distinctive and so memorable.
And it’s simply downright tasty. So, so good! – Nagi x
B85 Beef sausage rolls FAQ
4 days within the fridge, although the puff pastry loses crispiness. Reheating within the oven is finest, to get again among the crispiness.
If you’ll find gluten free puff pastry and breadcrumbs, sure you may! Be sure that the meat inventory dice is gluten free too. Notice: I haven’t tried gluten free puff pastry so I can’t touch upon high quality.
Sure, you certain can! Makes 16 occasion sausage rolls (minimize every puff pastry sheet in half and make 4 equal logs, then minimize every log into 4 items). The bake time is half-hour on the tray then 10 minutes on the rack. These instructions are within the recipe card notes.
I haven’t tried however I feel it could work nicely with each hen and pork (although I’d use a hen inventory dice reasonably than beef). I’m not satisfied about lamb with cheese and jalapeño flavour, however I could possibly be fallacious.
This one was simply attempting to give you a flavour and filling texture that was as juicy and comfortable because the B85 beef sausage rolls. To be sincere, between my meatloaf and quite a few meatball recipes plus the basic pork sausage rolls, developing with the filling recipe wasn’t exhausting. The pitfall with this recipe was fixing the soggy base downside. A lot juice comes out of the meat, it was making the bottom tremendous soggy!
I attempted elevating it onto a rack from the start (catastrophe – the uncooked pastry melted into then cooked into the wire grid!), preheating the tray, pouring fats off the tray partway by way of cooking (the sausage roll sliding scenario was not sensible to take care of), utilizing extra panko to soak up extra juices (dried it out an excessive amount of).
In the long run, as a lot as I wished to keep away from the two-step baking course of, I accepted that probably the most sensible approach was to bake till the bottom was set (half-hour) then end baking on the tray to raise the bottom out of the juices and fats on the tray. Works!
Hmm, I’d say I made this one round 8 instances in complete and JB has made it three or 4 instances, together with the iteration for the occasion sausage roll model. This contains the batch we made to {photograph} and the batch I made for the video tutorial.
Let’s simply say individuals in our sphere have been hopeful we’d proceed doing exams so they may proceed getting leftovers!!
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B85 Beef Sausage Rolls – with jalapeño and cheese
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook dinner: 50 minutes
Snack
Australian
Servings4 jumbo sausage rolls or 16 occasion measurement (Notice 6)
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Substances
- 1 small onion , peeled, complete
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs (Notice 1)
- 500g/1 lb beef mince (floor beef), fattier the higher
- 1 egg
- 2 garlic cloves , minced with garlic press or finely grated
- 1 beef inventory dice , crumbled (OXO is my favorite) or 1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt (halve for desk salt, +25% for flakes)
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/3 cup pickled jalapeno , roughly chopped (~3mm) (Notice 2)
- 1 1/2 cups (150g) cheddar , shredded, or different cheese of selection (Notice 3), pre-shredded okay
- 1/2 cup (50g) parmesan , shredded utilizing field grater (pre-shredded okay)
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry , butter is best (24cm / 9.5″ squares) (Notice 4)
- 1 egg , separated
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Directions
Abbreviated recipe:
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Toss grated onion and panko, then combine all the pieces else besides cheeses. Then combine in cheese. Divide in 2, wrap in pastry, seal with egg white. 3 slits, brush with yolk, sprinkle with sesame. 35 minutes at 200°C/425°F (180C fan) then quarter-hour on a rack.
Full recipe:
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Preheat oven 200°C/425°F (180C fan-forced).
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Onion soak – Grate the onion in a bowl utilizing a field grater, reserving all of the onion juices. Add panko breadcrumbs and toss to moist.
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All the things else however cheese – Then add beef, egg, garlic, inventory dice, salt, pepper and jalapeño. Combine nicely with arms to mix.
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“Crumble” in cheese – Add cheeses, then use fingers to firstly “crumble” the cheese by way of the meat earlier than mixing nicely with arms (this methodology prevents cheese from clumping collectively).
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Roll – Barely thaw puff pastry (stiffer = simpler to deal with). Divide meat into 2 equal logs. Roll up within the puff pastry, then overlap the bottom with double layer, sealing with egg white. End with the seam facet down and trim off surplus puff pastry (about 2 cm/0.8″).
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End sausage rolls – Reduce every log in half. Reduce 3 diagonal slashes on the highest of every sausage roll. Brush with egg yolk, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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Bake – Place the sausage rolls on a paper lined tray. Bake for 35 minutes, then switch onto rack (to raise out of fats, Notice 5). Bake an extra quarter-hour till pastry is deep golden and underside is crispy.
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Cool on rack 5 minutes earlier than attacking! Serve with Aussie tomato sauce or ketchup.
Recipe Notes:
2. Pickled jalapeno – Discover them within the pickle part, they’re comparatively good worth ($3 for a good measurement jar). Use leftovers to make your tacos extra attention-grabbing, use in sandwiches!
3. Cheese choices – Something shreddable that melts will probably be nice right here, besides mozzarella (too gentle, not salty sufficient) or exhausting cheeses like parmesan/pecorino (too salty). Cheddar is used on the bakery.
4. Puff pastry – Butter puff pastry is best (tastier, puffs higher) than non-butter puff (ie puff made out of oil)
5. Rack elevating – The juicy filling releases plenty of liquid, making the bottom soggy. One of the best repair I discovered is to raise the rolls on a rack in direction of the top of baking. Notice: The bottom won’t ever be shatteringly crispy as a result of the filling is so juicy, however it received’t be soggy.
6. Common and occasion measurement sausage rolls – Make 4 logs by slicing 2 sheets of puff pastry in half. Reduce every into 4 (occasion sausage rolls) or 2 (common measurement), place on 2 trays. Bake half-hour on the tray then 10 minutes on a rack (identical oven temp).
Leftovers will maintain within the fridge for as much as 4 days although the pastry will lose crispiness. Finest technique to reheat is within the oven at 180C/350F (160C fan) for round 12 – quarter-hour.
Freezing – As soon as wrapped in pastry they are often frozen. Thaw then bake per recipe. Finest to not brush with yolk till simply earlier than cooking (it will get sweaty when it thaws).
Diet – I by no means stated these sausage rolls are food plan meals! However the energy proven under are greater than actuality as a result of it doesn’t issue the meat fats and juices that comes out whereas baking.
Diet Info:
Energy: 942cal (47%)Carbohydrates: 53g (18%)Protein: 50g (100%)Fats: 68g (105%)Saturated Fats: 25g (156%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 6gMonounsaturated Fats: 30gTrans Fats: 1gLdl cholesterol: 216mg (72%)Sodium: 1610mg (70%)Potassium: 634mg (18%)Fiber: 3g (13%)Sugar: 3g (3%)Vitamin A: 847IU (17%)Vitamin C: 4mg (5%)Calcium: 480mg (48%)Iron: 6mg (33%)
Lifetime of Dozer
The Australian Ebook Trade Awards occurred the night time earlier than final. As a result of it was in Melbourne, Dozer wasn’t in a position to attend so he despatched me to just accept the award on his behalf. Cookbook of the yr!



In fact I wished to point out you a candy photograph of me displaying the trophy to Mr D. However honestly, all he cared about was the cabanossi hiding in my hand. 😂
