Mixed Sausages & Flavored Mustards
Makes 4 Servings
This dish is a great way to celebrate the variety available in the world of specialty sausages. Pick out several flavors, then serve them with a variety of flavored mustards & porter-glazed apples. Everyone can play with pairing the different sausages with the different condiments and decide which combination is the most delicious.
INGREDIENTS
- Quince Mustard:
- 1 Fresh Quince, Peeled & Cubed
- 4 tbsp Purple Mustard
- ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp Grated Nutmeg
- Apricot Mustard:
- 2 tbsp Dijon Mustard
- 1 cup Dried Apricots
- 1 cup White Wine
- 4 Saffron Threads
- Fig Mustard:
- 1 basket Fresh Black Figs, de-stemmed and chopped
- 1 cup Red Wine
- 2 tbsp Whole Grain Mustard
- Porter Apples:
- 2 Granny Smith Apples, cored and sliced (but not peeled)
- 12oz Porter Beer
- ¼ tsp Cinnamon
- 3 Fresh Thyme Sprigs
- 1 tsp salt
- Oil
- Garnish:
- Fresh Sage Leaves
- Optional: Starch and/or Vegetable Sides of Your Choice
DIRECTIONS
- Make the Quince Mustard:
1
Simmer the quince in water until tender. Drain off the water.
2
Puree the quince in a food processor.
3
Combine 2 tbsp of the quince puree with the purple mustard, nutmeg and cinnamon.
- Make the Apricot Mustard:
4
Simmer the dried apricots in the white wine with the saffron until they’re rehydrated and the pan is almost dry.
5
Chop the apricot mixture into a paste in a food processor.
6
Mix 2 tbsp of the apricot paste with the Dijon mustard.
- Make the Fig Mustard:
7
Cut the stems off the figs and quarter them. Simmer the figs in the red wine until they are very soft and the pan is almost dry.
8
Puree the fig-wine mixture into a paste in a food processor.
9
Mix 2tbsp of the fig puree with the whole grain mustard.
- Make the Porter Apples:
10
Preheat your oven to 350.
11
In a pot, simmer the porter with the thyme, cinnamon & tsp of salt until it reduces enough to coat the back of a spoon.
12
Saute the apples in oil in an oven-safe pan until they start to brown around the edges, then move them to the oven to roast until soft.
13
Drizzle the porter sauce over the apples.
- Cook the Sausages:
14
Sear the sausages in a small amount of oil in an oven safe pan, just until they develop a nice crust.
15
Move them to the oven to roast until cooked through (about 10 minutes).
16
Serve the sausages together with the mustards and roasted porter apples.
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