Photo Courtesy of Kayotic Kitchen HOLY SAUSAGE, BATMAN!! This was SO good! I made it tonight for family dinner with my parents and grandparents. My mom's secretary for a middle school and today was the kids' first day back. So I wanted to let her come home and totally relax, without worrying about what to make for dinner. I brought everything over to their house and it was SO EASY to put together. Plus, it just popped in the oven and required minimal checking, so I could actually enjoy some time with the family. This would be the perfect meal to make while having friends or family over. You have a nice hot meal, the kitchen stays pretty clean and you can chat away while multitasking in the kitchen and look like you totally have it all together. Seriously....try this recipe. Please. I made homemade garlic bread but whatever kind of bread you have would do. You do need bread though (if you have a/go to Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market, pick up one or two of their Garlic Loaves. Seriously would be SO good with this)! Lots of bread to sop up all the yummy juiciness at the bottom of the pan. Oh and whatever kind of sausages 9or Brats) you have would work too. I like to keep on-sale brats or sausages in my freezer for quick meals. So that's what I used for this. Anything would do. I also served a salad on the side. You gotta have some kind of greens, I guess. :) I'll give you a VERY QUICK how to with this recipe but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE visit Kayotic Kitchen because she gave an awesome story and photo step by step on how to make it.
Kayotic Kitchen's Beef Sausages & Balsamic Tomatoes
I made this for 6 adults and 2 kiddos. So I made some adjustments. I would say to plan on one to two sausages per person.
Ingredients:
6 beef sausages (I used 10)
2 small red onions
1 pound cherry tomatoes (I only had a pound so then I cut up 2 Roma Tomatoes into thick wedges and added them)
4 tbsp balsamic vinegar (5 or 6 for me)
6 garlic cloves
2 tbsp oil
fresh basil
pepper
salt
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350
Thinly slice up the garlic and cut the onions into wedges or thick slices.
In a big rosting pan or a 9X13 baking dish add the EVOO, garlic, sausages and salt and pepper (be nice and generous on the S&P, this will help season your "sauce" too). Flip and toss the sausages around so all the oil/seasoning/garlic get mixed together.
Add onions and do a couple more tosses.
Pop it into the oven for 15-20 minutes.
The sausages will start to brown already. After the time is up, pull them out and toss in the tomatoes and balsamic vinegar.
Pop it back into the oven for another 15 minutes or so. The skin of the tomatoes will split and pucker. Take it out when it looks done.
***Tip -- if you're going to bake/reheat some bread (like the Garlic Loaf from Fresh and Easy. :) ) pop it in now too. That loaf normally take about 8-10 minutes. :) Then prep your salad if it's not already done.
Take it out when it's done. Tear up a couple bunches of basil and then stir it in.
Serve and sit back while you get a bunch of "oooos and ahhhhs" :). Use the bread to soak up all the yumminess.
Go back for seconds. :)
