I recently went on a charcuterie course hosted by Richard Bosman and one of the sausages we made was an Italian sausage called Salsiccia. Being quite a hot day and looking for something light, I decided to use this sausage for this Italian sausage salad.
The original recipe is by Jamie Bissonnette and can be found here.
Ingredients
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- 75ml red wine vinegar
- 75ml olive oil
- 1 tsp dried (Mexican) origanum
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp red chili flakes
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large or 3 small carrots, ends off, peeled and thinly sliced
- 500g Italian (Salsiccia) sausage
- 6 jalapeños, de-seeded and thinly sliced. I used 3 red and 3 green chilies. The original recipes uses peperoncini.
- 1 large cucumber, ends off, cut length-wise, de-seeded and cut into 1 cm slices
- 1 small iceberg lettuce, chopped (about 300g)
- Sourdough or rye bread, cut into slices (about 4 slices)
- Fresh basil for garnish
- Oil for frying
Method
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Add the vinegar, oil, origanum, sugar, garlic, chili, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix well.
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Stir in the carrots and cucumber and marinade for 45 minutes.
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Heat a pan and fry the sausages over medium heat with a little bit of oil until the sausages are brown and cooked through. Transfer the sausage to a cutting board and cut into 1 cm slices. Keep the fat.
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In the same pan, fry the bread until golden brown on both sides.
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Toss the sausages with marinated vegetables, lettuce and sliced jalapeños. Garnish with the basil and serve with the bread.
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We served this with a beautiful 2022 Kranskop Shiraz / Viognier Rosé Sec. Here are the tasting notes: