A sausage sandwich is a sandwich containing cooked sausage. Although a breakfast favourite, it may be purchased and consumed at australian pie time of the day.
Popular combinations are sausage and bacon, sausage and egg, sausage and fried onions, and sausage and tomato. Sausages are often served in a bread roll or hot dog bun, especially at barbecues. In the North East they are often served in a stottie cake. In Scotland, a Lorne sausage may be substituted and is usually served in a morning roll or bap. In Australia and New Zealand, a variety is frequently sold at school fetes and other fundraising activities.
The sausage is cooked on a barbecue grill in an outdoor area and served with grilled onions on a single, folded slice of bread with tomato or barbecue sauce. The activity is commonly known as a “sausage sizzle”. In the majority of states of Australia, such as New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania, the sausages sold in a single piece of bread at a sausage sizzle are known as ‘sausage sandwiches’. In South Africa, a common variety is known as a boerewors roll or, colloquially, a “boerie”.