Homemade & Commercial » Cooking with Cider http://www.thebeerpirate.com Alcoholic beverages; commonly beer and wines and made at home. Most often brews are made from brewing kits purchased at shops specialized in spirits. Cheap Draft features homebrew recipes, equipment requirements, and best practices needed to deliver the perfect batch! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Hors d’Oeuvres – Grilled Sausages with Mustard Sauce http://www.thebeerpirate.com/2008/03/16/hors-doeuvres-grilled-sausages-with-mustard-sauce/% http://www.thebeerpirate.com/2008/03/16/hors-doeuvres-grilled-sausages-with-mustard-sauce/%#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:50:38 +0000 admin http://www.cheapdraft.com/2008/03/16/hors-doeuvres-grilled-sausages-with-mustard-sauce/ Hors d Oeuvres Grilled Sausages The variety of uses for cider in these hors d’oeuvres gives a good introduction to the remarkable versatility of cider in the kitchen. Fresh cider provides the sweetness in Sweet and Sour Plum Wings and a flavorful cooking liquid for Grilled Sausages. semi-dry cider not only balances the vinegar} but gives a subtle apple flavor to an otherwise very traditional Pickled Herring. The addition of dry hard cider to Chicken Liver Pate brings all of the natural flavors in this recipe to their fullest.

Grilled Sausages

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 8 Polish sausages (or other mildly spiced sausages) cut into ½-inch slices
  • ½ teaspoon ground sage
  • ½ cup fresh sweet cider

Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the sausage slices and brown lightly on all sides. Stir the sage into the cider and then pour the liquid into the pan. Stir the sausage to cover with liquid and simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes} stirring occasionally.

Cool and serve with cooked mustard sauce} following.

Serves 12

Mustard Sauce Mustard Sauce

  • ½ cup dry sweet mustard
  • ½ cup cider vinegar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Dash salt
  • 1 cup mayonnaise

Place the mustard and vinegar in a jar with a tight-fitting lid, stir well, close and let the mixture stand overnight. Combine the mustard mixture, egg, sugar and salt in the top of a double boiler and cook over medium-high heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool the sauce completely and then stir in the mayonnaise.

Makes 2 cups

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