Rustic Roasted Potatoes With Game Sausages
Rustic Roasted Potatoes With Sausages is a delicious dish for a cosy winter dinner, a favourite on ski resorts menus in mountainous Romania and not only!
Ingredients
- 6 pcs deer sausage
- 6 pcs potatoes white or red, large
- 1 pcs onion large
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 pcs sweet pointed pepper optional
- 4 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- 1 glass white wine
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp thyme dry
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary
- 1 tbsp freshly chopped dill
- 3 tbsp sour cream optional
Instructions
- Wash and boil the potatoes for about 20 minutes. Use a large pan and make sure the water covers the potatoes.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
- When the potatoes are ready, cool them under cold water, peel and cut them into wedges. Place into a large bowl.
- Chop or slice the onion (rings, halves or quarters, as you please), the poited pepper and the garlic cloves; add to the potatoes.
- Sprinkle all the spices, the wine and olive oil and mix well using a spatula until all the wedges are nicely coated.
- Place the wedges into a roasting tray and bake for 30 minutes.
- Cut the sausages into pieces.
- When the wedges are nearly ready, remove the tray from oven and add the sausages.
- Bake for another 10-15 minutes. Watch that the sausages don't burn.
- Serve warm with an assorted winter salad. Sprinkle with freshly cut dill and sour cream (optionally).
Notes
Use a fork to check if the potatoes are boiled.
Try to cut them in equal wedges and occasionally stir while cooking to allow uniform roasting.
For extra crispiness, you can bring the tray under the grill for the last five minutes, but keep an eye on the potatoes. At high cooking temperature, the sugars and amino acids from the starchy foods react, producing acrylamide - a carcinogen that should not find the way into our bodies!
The best side for this dish is an assorted pickle salad: cabbage, watermelon, cauliflower, carrots, beetroot. I make my own pickles every autumn, and they are ready just before Christmas. I will upload a recipe/method soon, hopefully!
If not available, a cabbage, tomato and dill salad or even a simple tomato and onion salad would work well, too!
Enjoy!