Cocktail Sausages
Categories: 30 Minutes or Less | Budget Friendly | Chicken/Poultry | Comfort Food | Entertaining | One-Dish | Pork/Beef/etc | Side Dish
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A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. Helen Rowland
The food world is a funny place to be; a little bit of sugar suddenly makes the world a much nicer place.
A little maple syrup on waffles, Honey on pancakes, a simple chocolate cake, and even some honey in a cheesy dip, can ironically make the world seem not so bad after all. Comfort food, as I keep rambling about, becomes a lot more comfortable, with a dash of sugar in it. Especially if you are coming from the family where I come from, where every meal must end with something sweet to eat (including breakfast, lunch and dinner- and dinner sometimes followed by 2-3 courses of dessert), and married to a man, whose day is excelled by means of an additional piece of chocolate or a spoonful of ice-cream, for me- not having a sweet tooth IS IMPOSSIBLE. For some reason though, over a period of time, my craving for sugar has reduced, and with me getting only older with time- I assume it’s just good for me.
I come from a family, where sausages are actually considered unhealthy; pork sausages that is. Having pork sausages at home was a luxury. However I developed a taste, or rather a love for sausages during my stint in London, and since then it is a relationship that I am sure will last forever. I use more of the chicken variety now; makes no difference to my life- but I yes, psychologically, I just feel less guilty. The versatility of the sausage is brilliant- for breakfast, lunch or dinner, sausages accompanied with ANYthing including a slice of bread can lead to a satisfying meal.
I do adore food. If I have any vice it’s eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever. Colin Baker
The recipe that I am sharing today is one that has been pending forever; not because I didn’t have the time to post it, but simply because I never documented it. It is the perfect blend of two of my favourite ingredients.
I had stumbled across this recipe on Nigella’s website (Original Recipe can be found here) soon after I got married. Ak calls this our ‘House Specialty’; the Cocktail Sausages and the recipe finds its way into our meals quite often. In fact, I never even though about posting it, since I made it so often. I have tested it out on multiple occasions, with a variety of guests; young and old, meat eaters and the no-red meat eaters, “I like chicken only” people and many others; and each time the recipe was a big success. Most often in fact, there is not even a single piece left. It goes well as an appetizer and I have often made it as an accompaniment to a main course as well. The best part is that, it can be made well ahead of time; the longer the sausages are marinated for, the better the flavours are- sweet, sticky and savoury.Thank you Nigella for this wonderful, really easy recipe.
p.s Must Try this recipe with Chili Flavored Sausages- the addition of the spice takes the recipe to another world altogether!
The recipe is mildly adapted from here
- ½ kg cocktail sausages
- 1 x 15ml tablespoon olive oil (the original is with sesame oil- I tried that too- but a lot of people find the smell of sesame oil a bit discomforting)
- 75g honey
- 1 x 15ml tablespoons dark soy sauce (the results are better with the thick variety of soya sauce)
Preheat the oven to 220°C.
- Add the unlinked sausages to an oven proof dish. Add the Oil, honey and soya sauce to the sausages and mix together with a spatula or hands to make sure the sausages are well covered with the sauce. Bake in the oven for about 30-35 minutes or until they are golden brown. Toss them around once, halfway through the cooking. Serve by themselves or accompanied with bread.
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