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Air Fryer Hot Dog Sausage Rolls (12 Minutes)

A jar of hot dogs, a sheet of puff pastry, and twenty minutes in the air fryer, that's all you need for sausage rolls that'll disappear from the plate faster than you can say budget tea. John's version is so simple that students he taught them to couldn't quite believe they'd nailed it first time.

R By Richard · Adapted from John Kirkwood · Published 10 June 2026
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⏱Prep 10 min
🌡Temp 170°C
⏲Air fry 12 min
🍽Serves 4
Hot Dog Sausage Rolls, Air Fry & Oven Bake methods.

Source video by John Kirkwood on YouTube. This recipe was adapted with strict source-fidelity rules and is marked for human review.

John Kirkwood's simple sausage rolls use just two main ingredients: a sheet of puff pastry and a jar of medium-sized hot dogs. The pastry is cut into pieces, brushed with egg wash, rolled around each hot dog, scored on top and baked until golden. The air fryer version cooks in 12 minutes at 170°C and gives a slightly better colour than the oven batch. Perfect as a cheap, filling snack or lunch.

Ingredients

Main
  • 1 sheetready-rolled puff pastry
  • 1 jarmedium-sized hot dogs, drained
Egg wash
  • 1medium egg, beaten
  • milk
For dusting
  • plain flour

Method

  1. Dust your work surface with flour. Unroll the puff pastry sheet and dust it with flour too. Divide the pastry into four equal pieces (or as many pieces as hot dogs you want to wrap). Cut to suit the size of your pastry and hot dogs.

    ~3 min

  2. Gather the pastry pieces and place them in the fridge while you prepare the egg wash.

    ~1 min

  3. Crack a medium egg into a small bowl, add a dash of milk and whisk until nice and runny.

    ~1 min

  4. Take one pastry piece from the fridge and brush it with a thin coat of egg wash. Place a hot dog at the front edge and roll the pastry partially over. Brush a little more egg wash along the pastry, then continue rolling to the end. Repeat with the remaining pieces.

    ~4 min

  5. Line the air fryer drawer with parchment paper. Place two sausage rolls in the liner, leaving plenty of space between them. Brush the tops with a good coat of egg wash.

    ~2 min

  6. Make four or five evenly spaced shallow cuts across the top of each roll (optional, for appearance).

    ~1 min

  7. Set the air fryer to bake at 170°C (340°F) and cook for 12 minutes, until golden brown. Experiment with timing as air fryer models vary.

    ~12 min

  8. Transfer to a wire rack to rest briefly, then serve warm.

    ~2 min

Frequently asked

Do I need to preheat my air fryer for these sausage rolls?
John does not preheat in this recipe, he simply sets the air fryer to bake at 170°C for 12 minutes. If your model has a preheat function and you like to use it, 2-3 minutes is plenty.
Can I use fresh sausages instead of jarred hot dogs?
Jarred hot dogs are pre-cooked, so 12 minutes is enough to crisp the pastry and warm them through. Raw sausages would need longer at a similar temperature to cook through safely, so this exact timing will not transfer.
Why use a parchment liner in the air fryer?
The egg wash and any escaping fat from the hot dogs can stick to the basket. A parchment liner keeps things tidy and stops the pastry tearing when you lift it out.
Why is the air fryer batch slightly more golden than the oven batch?
Air fryers move hot air more aggressively than a conventional oven, so at the same temperature you tend to get a deeper colour in less time. It is also a noticeable energy saver compared with heating up a full oven.
Do I have to score the top of the pastry?
No. John deliberately leaves one unscored in the video to show it makes very little difference to the finished result. Scoring is decorative and lets a bit of steam escape, but the rolls cook fine without it.
Extraction notes (transparency): Hot dog and pastry sheet dimensions are intentionally not specified in the source (John says to cut to suit your own sizes). Egg wash quantities (1 medium egg plus a dash of milk) are explicit. Servings assumed as 4 based on dividing one pastry sheet into 4 pieces in the oven demonstration. | Second-pass critique flagged 2 fabricated and 8 quantified issues. See critique.issues for detail.