Tip: Sausage in the Oven
photo credit: rick
Making sausage has always been a monstrous pain in the ass. And considering how easy it is to make bacon, sausage’s better looking cousin, why bother. Sausage splatters all over the place, it’s impossible to tell if it’s done without cutting it open and the god dam patty shrinks 40%. That’s like starting with Kim Kardashian’s rack and ending up with Paris Hilton. No thank you.
But then like a bolt of insight from Elijah I had an idea. Couldn’t I cook sausage in the oven the same way I do bacon? Wouldn’t slow, even heating work for both? So I tried and it does. In fact, it works amazing. One slight problem is you don’t get a good crust on the sausage patty this way, but I flipped my toaster oven to broil at the end and that fixed that. And in addition to being no mess(if you put the patty on some aluminum foil) what’s really nice is this way there’s no maintence. One of the huge hassles with making sausage is watching to ensure the house doens’t burn down, not a problem in the oven.
So for breakfast tommorow throw a couple of sausage patties in the toaster oven at 400 degrees and finish them off with the broil setting. You’ll get perfect, regular sized, cooked through patties every time.
You’re welcome.
