Make sure you use a quality Italian pork sausage (and one that has a bit of chilli in it, too). The flavours will work perfectly with this sweet and sour tomato sauce.
Grilled salsiccia with agrodolce sauce
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for grilled salsiccia with agrodolce sauce.
- 5 mins preparation
- 20 mins cooking plus standing
- Serves 6
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Ingredients
- 50 ml red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp currants
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 400 gm canned cherry tomatoes
- ½ tsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp pine nuts, toasted
- 4 spicy pork Italian sausages (about 400gm)
Method
Main
- 1Combine vinegar and currants in a small non-reactive bowl and set aside until currants are plump (10-15 minutes).
- 2Heat a large frying pan over medium heat, add half the oil, all the onion and all the garlic and stir occasionally until soft (7-10 minutes). Add tomato and stir occasionally until thick (5-7 minutes). Add sugar, pine nuts, currants and vinegar, stir, season to taste and set aside.
- 3Heat remaining olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, add sausage and turn occasionally until golden and cooked through (7-10 minutes). Remove from heat, slice thickly and serve immediately with sauce.