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A Sausage Roll Wreath is the ultimate Christmas party food and a real crowd-pleaser. All you need is store-bought pizza dough, sausages, and ketchup.
Serve the wreath at your holiday gatherings as a hot or cold appetizer or enjoy it as a family-friendly snack. If you are feeding a crowd, double the quantities and make a two-row arrangement.
It’s delicious with any dip you like – ketchup, mustard, aioli, or chili mayo.
Sausage Roll Wreath Ingredients
Please be sure to scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete details!
- Sausages: I use uncooked pork wiener sausages, but you can use any you like.
- Pizza dough: Storebought or homemade.
- Ketchup: I use what I have to hand.
- Egg: Beat to make the egg wash (to brush over the wreath before baking).
- Bell pepper: A red or green pepper will keep things festive.
- Fresh basil: To garnish.
How to Make a Sausage Roll Wreath
- Prepare the ingredients. Roll out the pizza dough, cut into rectangles, and halve each diagonally. Slice the sausages into equal pieces. Shape the red pepper bow.
- Get rolling. Roll up the sausage pieces in the dough.
- Arrange your wreath. Place the sausage rolls on a lined baking sheet in a wreath shape. Brush with egg wash.
- Bake. And top with the red pepper bow.
Tips for Success
- Cut the sausage pieces the same size for a symmetrical look.
- Don’t skip the egg wash. This will give them that golden glow!
- Place a plate in the middle of your baking sheet to guide you when arranging the rolls (remove it before baking).
Possible Variations
- Sausages: Good quality frankfurters, chorizo, chicken, lamb, etc, will all be great alternatives. Do make sure they are cooked through.
- Pizza dough: Try crescent dough or puff pastry.
- Ketchup: Mustard, hot honey, or chili sauce would be delicious, too.
- Egg: You can also brush with melted butter, cold coffee, or milk.
- Bell pepper: Use a real bow or make one out of fresh rosemary.
- Fresh basil: Rosemary or thyme.
Recipe Tip
To make the red pepper bow, slice off the bottom curvy bit of the pepper. Cut it in half and trim one section into a bow shape. Now, slice two pieces of red pepper for the ties and fasten them with toothpicks (be sure not to eat these).
No, they will cook in the pastry.
Serve it on a large board or platter for a showstopping presentation and add your favorite dip in the middle.
Both are delicious.
Yes, you can make the wreath the day before, allow the rolls to cool, and then store it covered in the fridge. Place the wreath in a warm oven at 180°C (356°F) until heated through (they only need a few minutes).
Festive Appetizers for a Crowd
Sausage Roll Wreath
Equipment
Ingredients
- 280 grams pizza dough, storebought, 1 roll
- 6 sausages
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 egg
- 1 bell pepper, red
- fresh basil, or rosemary twigs
Instructions
- Turn on the oven to 200º C (400º F).
- Roll the dough out into a rectangle.
- Cut it down the middle and then across to make 12 smaller equal-sized rectangles.
- Halve each rectangle diagonally into triangles.
- Spread half a teaspoon of ketchup (or mustard, or chili sauce, etc) on each triangle, or omit.
- Cut the sausages into four pieces.
- Place a piece of sausage on the wider end, tuck in the sides, and roll it up like a croissant.
- Repeat with the remaining sausages.
- Beat an egg together in a small bowl.
- Brush the sausage rolls with the egg wash.
- Arrange the rolls in a circle. It might help to place a bowl in the center (I used 18 rolls for my wreath, so I had some leftover).
- Bake in the oven on parchment paper for 10-12 minutes until they are golden brown.
- Allow to cool.
- Decorate with basil leaves (or rosemary twigs) and a red pepper (or real) bow.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Tried this and it was amazing!
Thank you so much! I’m so thrilled you like them!
Hihi… oh yummy, reminds me of my UK childhood Xmases… I’ll have to find chicke veal/chicken sausages for my Muslim Hubby and Family…. I was also dying to know about the bow… was it a Babybel or not ???? 😉 x
Hi Christina, thank you so much for your kind comment, I love that it brought you down memory lane. You can absolutely replace the sausage as you please. Happy December! x Sine
Can you use crescent rolls?
Yes, absolutely! Keep an eye on the bake time, it might differ a few minutes. Enjoy!
Do you cook the sausages before you roll them?
No, they are raw. They will cook along with the pastry:) Let me know if you have any other questions.