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Jamie Oliver's Quick Sausage Roll in the Air Fryer

Homemade sausage rolls sound fancy, but Jamie's got a shortcut: buy quality all-butter puff pastry and a proper Cumberland sausage, squeeze out the filling, and layer on sage, nutmeg and English mustard. The result looks bakery-brilliant with almost zero faffing about.

R By Richard · Adapted from Jamie Oliver · Published 10 June 2026
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⏱Prep 10 min
🌡Temp 170°C
⏲Air fry 20 min
🍽Serves 6
Jamie's Quick & Easy Sausage Roll Recipe

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

Jamie Oliver's quick sausage roll relies on two clever shortcuts: ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry and a premium Cumberland sausage squeezed out of its skins. The filling is lifted with torn sage, a generous grating of nutmeg and a smear of English mustard, then the pastry is egg-washed, sealed with a fork and finished with sesame seeds. Originally baked in a conventional oven at 180°C for 25-30 minutes, it adapts very well to the air fryer at a slightly lower temperature and shorter time. Serve it whole on a board and slice to share.

Air fryer notes: Source bakes at 180°C in a conventional oven for 25-30 minutes. Adapted to 170°C for around 20 minutes in the air fryer to account for the more direct, faster heat and to stop the pastry colouring before the sausage is cooked through. Use baking paper to catch rendered fat and stop the base sticking. A whole roll may need cutting in half to fit smaller baskets.

Ingredients

Main
  • 320 gall-butter puff pastry, 1 ready-rolled sheet
  • 6 sausagesCumberland sausages, meat squeezed out of the skins
  • fresh sage leaves, torn
  • whole nutmeg, finely grated, generous amount
  • English mustard, spooned or smeared over the meat
To finish
  • 1 eggegg, beaten, for egg wash (add late)
  • sesame seeds, a pinch (add late)

Method

  1. Unroll the puff pastry sheet onto a board with its paper underneath, long edge facing you.

    ~1 min

  2. Squeeze the sausage meat out of the skins and lay it in a long line down the centre of the pastry, taking it almost to each short edge as it will shrink slightly.

    ~3 min

  3. Tear the sage leaves over the sausage meat. Grate over a generous amount of nutmeg, then smear over the English mustard.

    ~2 min

  4. Brush beaten egg along one long edge of the exposed pastry. Fold the opposite long edge up and over the filling to meet it, then press to seal.

    ~2 min

  5. Crimp the long seal with a fork to guarantee it stays closed and to give a neat finish.

    ~1 min

  6. Brush the whole roll with more beaten egg and scatter over a pinch of sesame seeds.

    ~1 min

  7. Preheat the air fryer to 170°C. Line the basket with baking paper.

    ~3 min

  8. Place the sausage roll on the paper (cut into two shorter logs if needed to fit). Cook at 170°C for 18-22 minutes, until the pastry is deep golden and crisp and the sausage is cooked through.

    ~20 min

  9. Rest for a few minutes, then transfer to a board and slice to serve.

    ~5 min

Frequently asked

Do I need to preheat my air fryer for sausage rolls?
Yes. Puff pastry needs an immediate blast of heat to puff and crisp properly. Preheat for 2-3 minutes at 170°C before adding the roll.
Why line the basket with baking paper?
Sausage meat renders a lot of fat as it cooks, which can pool through the holes of the basket and smoke. Baking paper catches the fat, keeps the base of the pastry from sticking and makes cleanup much easier.
Can I use sausages other than Cumberland?
Yes. Any good-quality British pork sausage with a high meat content will work. The point of Jamie's shortcut is that the seasoning is already done for you, so pick a sausage with flavour you enjoy.
How do I stop the pastry going soggy underneath?
Make sure the air fryer is fully preheated, do not overfill the meat, and use baking paper rather than foil so the air still circulates around the base. If the top browns before the base crisps, flip the roll for the last 3-4 minutes.
Can I make this ahead and freeze it?
Yes. Assemble the roll, wrap tightly and freeze before baking. Cook from frozen in the air fryer at 160°C for around 28-32 minutes, then turn up to 180°C for the last few minutes to deepen the colour.
Extraction notes (transparency): Transcript gives no quantities for sausages, sage, nutmeg, mustard, egg wash or sesame seeds; amounts shown are reasonable estimates for one standard sheet of puff pastry and flagged for review. Pastry weight assumed as one standard UK ready-rolled all-butter sheet (320g). Air fryer temperature and time adapted from the stated oven figures (180°C, 25-30 min); recommend checking at 18 minutes the first time. | Second-pass critique flagged 3 fabricated and 5 quantified issues. See critique.issues for detail.