Sausages With Wine

It Has To Be France

The great wine producing regions of France offer a variety of fine and table wines.

These include Alsace, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Jura, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Lorraine, Madiran, Provence, Rhone and Savoie.

Providing a vast and differing bouquet, the wines of France are the premier league of wine producers worldwide.

To attempt to write about wine on a single web page would not do service to such an important subject. There are numerous Wikipedia listings for French wines that are definitely worth using for further research.

Preparing British food tastes superb when prepared in French wine. The French have a fantastic recipe to rival the great British Banger.

Wild Boar Sausages In Red Wine.

Basically you take 1 tablespoon Olive Oil and add 450g/1lb Wild Boar Sausages. Then add 225g/8oz Bacon, chopped plus 1 Garlic Clove, crushed. Add 225g/8oz Onions, chopped with 1 heaped teaspoon Plain Flour and 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard plus 2 Bay Leaves with 4 Sprigs Fresh Thyme.

The dish should be lightly sprinkled with 300ml/10fl.oz. Red Wine during cooking and to finish off add 100g/4oz Button Mushrooms with a tablespoon of Redcurrant Jelly and season with salt and black pepper

Heat oil in a large flameproof casserole, add the sausages and brown on all sides.

Remove with a spoon and set aside.

Heat the oil again then add the bacon, garlic and shallots and sauté for 3-4 minutes until brown.

Sprinkle over the flour and mustard and cook for a further 2-3 minutes stirring constantly.

Gradually add the wine stirring with a wooden spoon then return the sausages to the pan.

Season lightly with salt and black pepper, bring to the boil then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

Add the mushrooms and continue to cook, uncovered for a further 20 minutes.

To serve - remove the sausages with a spoon to a warm dish and whisk the redcurrant jelly into the sauce until well blended in. Return the sausages to the casserole, heat for 2-3 minutes and serve immediately.

Absolutely mouth watering!