Recipes

[deepwaterdotter]

I follow this recipe from an episode of Cook's Country that was on many years ago:

3 tbsp vegetable oil

6 sausages

1 thinly-sliced onion

2 tsp minced garlic

1 1/2 cups beer

1/4 cup brown mustard

1 tbsp honey

2 tsp cider vinegar

Fry sausage in 1 tbsp oil in skillet until well-browned.  Place on plate.

Saute onion, 14 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper in 2 tbsps oil in covered skillet until softened.  Uncover and cook until browned.  Stir in garlic.

Stir in beer, mustard, honey, vinegar, and cooked sausages. 

Cover and cook until onion mixture is thickened. 

[Mz iMac]

@Carmie  "especially for sandwiches."

What do you put on an Italian sausage sandwich?

Type of bread?

[RespectLife]

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@eddyandme wrote:

@RespectLife , I used a frypan and landed up with grease -- yuck!  Wondering if cooking using a George Foreman would work?  less mess to clean - right?

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@Desertdi wrote:

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@RespectLife wrote:

I also saute them, grill them or smoke them.

I would never pierce them!  You lose all the flavor and moisture.

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@RespectLife 

And.........GREASE (!!!)

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I buy my sausage at an Italian Market...it is never greasy and there is no grease really in the pan.  They hand make it right there.

Sometimes I might add a smidge of butter to saute in since it is that 'not' greasy!

Juicy and flavorful.

They have traditional in all heat levels and chicken versions.

[Carmie]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@Carmie  "especially for sandwiches."

What do you put on an Italian sausage sandwich?

Type of bread?

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I serve Italian sausages with the fried  pepper, onion, tomato sauce on a sturdy roll...like a small hoagie roll.

[Jaspersmom]

If they're going in sauce, I fry them first in a little bit of water.  Pierce each link and then place in the frying pan.  Add about a half cup of water.  I cover them just until the water is ready to evaporate and then let them brown on each side. They should be cooked through, but they'll cook in the sauce as well.  My sauce goes on very low heat for a few hours.  If I'm cooking them up on the grill, I sometimes get them going first in the frying pan.  They'll cook fast on the grill, so you want to make sure they're cooked through.  A great dish I make during the summer is sausage stuffed yellow squash.  You can find recipes on the internet, but it does involve first removing the sausage from the casings and frying until brown in a pan.  You can always buy ground pork to make it a bit easier. 

[Mz iMac]

@Carmie   

[Eileen in Virginia]

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@Carmie wrote:

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@Carmie  "especially for sandwiches."

What do you put on an Italian sausage sandwich?

Type of bread?

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I serve Italian sausages with the fried  pepper, onion, tomato sauce on a sturdy roll...like a small hoagie roll.

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@Mz iMac  I follow the same basic recipe as @Carmie, but serve the mixture over rice. Either way, it's delish! 

[eddyandme]

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@PA Mom-mom wrote:

@eddyandme  I follow the basic recipe as @Carmie . If I'm not adding tomatoes and just doing sausage with peppers and onions, I sear the sausage links (or rope) over medium with a bit of olive oil. 5 minutes on each side to get some color. Then I remove and add the sliced onion and peppers for about 10 minutes - stirring frequently. Then I throw the sausage in with the veggies, cover and cook for about 10 minutes. My basic rule of thumb is 18 to 20 minutes in the skillet for the sausages.

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Thank you @PA Mom-mom !  I'll try again next week!

[wagirl]

How about using them to make sheet pan dinners--there are so many recipes online. Easy to make and really very tasty. I do take the casing off italian sausages and cook them like I would for gr beef--then put them on a few paper towels to drain off the fat. did this last night and made boboli pizza for dinner. I use the kielbasa sausages for the sheet pan dinners--and in soup too--have a great one for the pressure cooker by Bob Warden

[AuntMame]

For brats, we simmer them first for a few minutes in onions, water and beer. Not too long or else they dry out. Then grill them, either on the outside grill or the George Forman grill. 

For Italian sausage, I pan roast them, first browning them in the skillet, then adding a bit of water and a lid to steam and cook them through.

Or I grill them on the George Forman grill. But they need to cook on the grill long enough to cook all the way through.