Can you cook frozen Sausage Rolls in an air fryer

Currently the number one thing I like to cook in an air fryer at this time air pastry goods, sausage rolls being one of them of which frozen sausage rolls air fry very well.

You can cook just about any kind of frozen sausage roll in an air fryer, by deducting up to 5 minutes off the oven cooking time; all while committing to the oven temperature exactly. Near the end of the air frying time, you will want to keep an eye on the pastry to ensure you cook until golden and crispy.

Treat your air fryer like your big oven where all sausage rolls bought in-store can be air fried, and probably far better than what an oven can do.

Of course you can cook frozen sausage rolls in an air fryer, with few issues other than capacity holding your back. Where dozens of frozen sausage rolls must be air fried, simply cook them in batches to avoid touching.

I will also add you can sometimes wash frozen pastry for sausage rolls just as you would do for the fresh variety.

Washing frozen sausage rolls in milk or a beaten egg can help to produce a super golden crust.

I've found milk works well for a quick and cheap option. Do use one beaten eggs if you wish, which should produce a more vibrant golden finish.

If you decide to make-do without the wash, bear in mind the pastry finish even on frozen sausage rolls, can appear a little bland.

Taste isn't effected by going without a pastry wash while the texture can be crispy as ever.

Additional method to consider is lining the air fryer basket in parchment paper to stop the defrosting pastry from sticking, which would normally apply to old, unkempt air fryer baskets which would of lost their non-stick coating.

You don't have to eat all your freshly cooked warm sausage rolls now, when any kind of sausage roll can be reheated in an air fryer, at a medium heat for 11-12 minutes.

Air fry all Frozen Selection

I've air fried many types of sausage rolls over the years, both fresh and frozen, both of which I found to be one of my favourite foods to cook in an air fryer, with few things going wrong - other than occasionally over-doing the pastry that is.

And it doesn't matter where you buy your frozen sausage roll selection from either, an air fryer will cook all varieties quickly and easily.

Along with frozen party sausages which usually provide 40-50 mini sausage rolls per pack; air fryers will cook sausage rolls that normally feature a box of 4 homebaked-type sausage rolls.

You will need to keep an eye on the pasty to ensure the sausage rolls are cooked long enough to properly heat through the pork sausage - but not quite long enough to burn the pastry.

Be warned, browning even frozen sausage roll pastry can spoil the overall taste and texture.

Continue to air fry any type of sausage roll until the pastry is crispy and flurry in shortcrust to push pastry, then take them out of the air fryer to cool a little.

Follow oven-instructions; reduce air fry time

Question anyone will have when it comes to air frying any frozen sausage roll selection, is how long do you air fry 'cook from frozen' sausage rolls.

Well, the cooking instructions are there on the back for anyone to see, even if they're sold for cooking in the oven.

All you need to do to allow sausage roll oven cooking instructions to work for an air fryer, is to reduce the time by 5 minutes for every single brand of frozen sausage rolls. BE WARNED: Staying true to the oven cooking time will cause you to burn the pastry.

And of course what temperature would you air fry all frozen sausage rolls available in our supermarkets, from brands like Gregg's, Birds Eye and supermarket home brands.

No trouble at all, on this occasion you can follow the oven cooking temperature exactly.

To air fry frozen sausage rolls in the party mini to large range; follow the temperature while deducting 5 minutes off the oven cooking time.

Sausage Roll pastry concerns

Cook any type of frozen sausage roll you find in-store knowing they will air fry extremely well, and that is if you keep an eye on the sausage rolls later into cooking, to ensure the pastry turns golden - and indeed not burn in the final minutes.

Frozen sausage roll brands like Gregg's and Birds Eye where both include a box of four frozen sausage rolls, are all about 6 inches long; you should have no trouble with the puff pastry they're usually pre-baked in.

Not the case with party frozen sausage rolls that come in a pack of 50 or so, of which the pastry, when partially air fried will begin to act like fresh pastry.

Which means this defrosting pastry wrapped around these mini party-size sausage rolls will begin to stick.

You can grease your air fryer basket but I don't think its necessary in most cases, when you can keep the basket clean as a bonus - by simply lining the air fryer in greaseproof paper - which is also helped by you evenly spacing out the sausage rolls so there's no touching, where all sausage rolls are evenly spaced.

Air fry party sausage rolls in batches as stuffing to many in an air fryer basket won't allow you to air fry to a light and crispy pastry.

Summary

You can cook all types of frozen sausage rolls with no issues at all, unless of course you air fry for too long, causing the pastry to burn.

Feel confident knowing the defrosting pastry will turn to a golden colour along with a crispy shortcrust - but usually made in puff pastry - cooking to a texture you would expect from a high quality bakery.

Air fry all sausage roll varieties by following the oven cooking instructions exactly, whilst reducing the time by 5 minutes.

When it comes to what temperature to air fry frozen sausage rolls, well, just use the oven cooking instructions on the packaging; dialing in the temperature exactly as instructed for the oven.

Do keep an eye on the sausage rolls for the final third in an effort to stop the sausage roll pastry from burning. Burnt sausage rolls are not tasty at all but adding a pastry wash of milk or a beaten egg can starve off browning.

Frozen sausage rolls which come in a pack of 4 are unlikely to cause you issues involving the sticking of the pastry on the air fryer basket.

With mini frozen sausage rolls that come in a pack of 50 or so, these could stick to an aged air fryer basket, of which lining the basket in parchment paper will help.

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