I’ve eaten some good sausage rolls in recent weeks, including one from Babka, and an even better homemade one. So, I had high hopes for the sausage roll I ordered from Hausfrau (32A Ballarat St, Yarraville) – hopes that were dashed. Not only did the sausage roll pale in comparison to those I recently enjoyed, but even judged on its own merits it was a failure.
On initial inspection it certainly looked the part, with nice crispy pastry, but once you cut into the filling it was clear that it was going to be a disappointment. The filling was extremely dense and rubbery, thanks to a lack of vegetables, and the low quality of the meat, making it quite difficult to cut through. Biting into it, the unpleasantness of the texture was even more apparent, and was added to by rather unappealing flavours.
Luckily I had some water and a pretty good coffee to wash it down with. However, next time I think I’ll stick to what, by all accounts, Hausfrau does best, cakes.