Low Calorie Sausage Rolls

jdowns51660
jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
Good Morning,
This morning I woke up craving Sausage Rolls. Those of you the other side of the pond, these are not bread rolls with a sausage in them. Its filo pastry with a mince and herb filling. (Google "Greggs Sausage Roll"). So looking into it, I see that its 349 cals per sausage roll from Greggs, and I wanted to make Sausage Rolls but cut down them calories.

So heres my thinking:
1. I need low calorie filo/puff pastry
2. I need a low calorie lean mince filling

I do not think the filling is a problem, I believe I can use Lean Beef Mince at 94 cals / 100g.
But the lightest filo pastry that I have found is Tesco - Light Puff Pastry at 192 cals / 60g.

OK, so I could cut the calories by about 50, thats not what I am after, I want to get it down to about 150 cals. Any ideas about how I can do this? (Perhaps make my own pastry with wholemeal flour and only use 50g meat and 50g herbs and other things)... What do you think?
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    You're confused between filo and puff, two very different pastries. If you can find proper filo, you can make them much lower calories, though the pastry will be much much flakier and not have any chewiness to them.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    its not filo pastry, and a proper sausage roll is not filled with Beef mince... go to greggs, enjoy a proper sausage roll, go for a run afterwards!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    Oh, I missed the beef mince - yeah, nah.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Gotta love Greggs sausage rolls! but yeah, soo calorific! bumping to see what ideas others have too :smile:
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Morrisons do some nice reduced fat sausages, I use the normal ones when I make scotch eggs or the Cumberland ones for toad in the hole etc as they have more flavour.
  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Oh, I missed the beef mince - yeah, nah.

    So you'd go for Lean Pork Mince (makes sense now I think about it), and Light Puff Pastry....brings me up to about 300 cals...might as well Gregg it up!

  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    No ideas about making my own pastry, that isnt too flakey?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    To be honest, i love making my own pastry but can't for the life of me get it anywhere near lower calories than bought stuff. To have even decent texture, and that bit of flake, you need butter. I reckon a good sausage roll is something you just save cals for, or go for a run and earn and enjoy
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I found this - maybe it will help
    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1415684/the-ultimate-makeover-sausage-rolls
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    I found this - maybe it will help
    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1415684/the-ultimate-makeover-sausage-rolls

    :cry:

    that's not a sausage roll....
  • bluefish86
    bluefish86 Posts: 842 Member
    Yeah... I'm not sure if this is wishful thinking, blasphemy or straight up nonsense.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    I found this - maybe it will help
    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1415684/the-ultimate-makeover-sausage-rolls

    At 99 cals per serve with 16 serves made from 1/2 sheet of pastry, it's barely an improvement on the calories of a normal one, if at all.
  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    edited August 2015
    This is interesting, 150 cals for 6 inch Sausage Roll... made with Filo though...
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/733064/my-44-calories-sausage-rolls
  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    bluefish86 wrote: »
    Yeah... I'm not sure if this is wishful thinking, blasphemy or straight up nonsense.
    Very much wishful thinking. Hehe.
  • bluefish86
    bluefish86 Posts: 842 Member
    jdowns51660 wrote: »
    bluefish86 wrote: »
    Yeah... I'm not sure if this is wishful thinking, blasphemy or straight up nonsense.
    Very much wishful thinking. Hehe.

    You and me both.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    jdowns51660 wrote: »
    This is interesting, made with Filo though...
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/733064/my-44-calories-sausage-rolls

    they look ok, but each one must be tiny... 50g of sausage meat isn't much.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Lol, we don't have sausage rolls in the U.S., so I just googled. :)
  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    jdowns51660 wrote: »
    This is interesting, made with Filo though...
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/733064/my-44-calories-sausage-rolls

    they look ok, but each one must be tiny... 50g of sausage meat isn't much.

    Each one is 2 inches, may be worth packing it with other low calorie things to beef it up a bit... (not beef though)...

  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    Lol, we don't have sausage rolls in the U.S., so I just googled. :)
    You are missing out...if you ever come to the UK, first stop Greggs. Or for a cheeky Nandos.
  • Furbuster
    Furbuster Posts: 254 Member
    Buy some Jus Roll and low fat sausages then freeze them? You could shove them in the oven when you take a shower so they are fresh and yummy :)
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    jdowns51660 wrote: »
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    Lol, we don't have sausage rolls in the U.S., so I just googled. :)
    You are missing out...if you ever come to the UK, first stop Greggs. Or for a cheeky Nandos.

    I definitely will! I love empanadas, samosas, wontons, and Jamaican patties, so I'm sure I'd love one. Meat and crust - mmmm.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    jdowns51660 wrote: »
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    Lol, we don't have sausage rolls in the U.S., so I just googled. :)
    You are missing out...if you ever come to the UK, first stop Greggs. Or for a cheeky Nandos.

    I definitely will! I love empanadas, samosas, wontons, and Jamaican patties, so I'm sure I'd love one. Meat and crust - mmmm.

    You would LOVE a good sausage roll :D Best hangover food ever haahaa
  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    Furbuster wrote: »
    Buy some Jus Roll and low fat sausages then freeze them? You could shove them in the oven when you take a shower so they are fresh and yummy :)
    That does sound nom!

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    I used to cook sausages, let them cool, then wrap them in bacon, lie them on puff with grated cheese, roll it up and bake them.

    There ain't nuthin' low cal about that though LOL.
  • jdowns51660
    jdowns51660 Posts: 22 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I used to cook sausages, let them cool, then wrap them in bacon, lie them on puff with grated cheese, roll it up and bake them.

    There ain't nuthin' low cal about that though LOL.

    Oh WOW. The juices are truely flowing! haha! Loving the Cat Taco btw! :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Honestly... I'd just buy one, enjoy it, and move on. I've found that making lower calorie dishes are often not satisfying, and you end up eating the full calories thing later anyway as your craving isn't gone... 350 calories isn't that much and I'm sure it's still relatively filling too.
  • jakehope87
    jakehope87 Posts: 22 Member
    ohhh mate if you see my post I put on my news feed today, I had two of those sausage rolls and a yum yum and completely ruined the healthy meals for the rest of the days...cant stay away..or those steak and cheese rolls! thankfully the app hasn't got the calories for that one.. probably on par or worst!
    Low calorie sausage rolls though...don't think there's such really loool
  • laineybz
    laineybz Posts: 704 Member
    Though they're no Greggs, i sometimes have the frozen mini sausage rolls. I used to eat two Gregg's ones in one go without even thinking twice.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    edited August 2015
    The best advice I have is for any meal: deconstruct the entire dish and swap out what you can - turkey or low cal sausage for pork sausage, add in some finely chopped veg (mushroom works for beefy kinds of recipes) for moisture, and make your phyllo (low fat already) wrapped sausage dish and bake instead of fry. Done!
  • Kexessa
    Kexessa Posts: 346 Member
    edited August 2015
    Do you have Pillsbury 90 calorie Crescent rolls over there?

    You could even roll them out and cut the triangles into 2 more triangles making the outside 45 calories each.

    These have the flaky sort of properties but don't taste like bread.
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