Why autumn means sausages | Kitchen aide

Slowly cooked, sticky sausages sauteed with onion, soy and perhaps a bit of Marmite … our panel even has bangers with bangs for bonfire night What are the best, comforting sausage dinners for autumn? Rachel, by email Sausages defy the seasons, being just as at home inside buns in the summer as they are simmering in stews come autumn. “Sausages are one of the most adaptable ingredients – they go with almost anything,” says Ali Stoner, author of Scran . “Obviously, there’s the classic Scottish sausage stovies, which, for me, is one of the most comforting of dishes, but then there are stewed sausages. ” For this, she starts by frying sausages until “kind of browning”, then sets aside.

“Caramelise lots of onions in the fat left in the pan, then stir in a little flour, pop the sausages back in with a bit of stock, a splash of soy, maybe a squeeze of Marmite – that always freaks people out – and simmer. ” That’s then good to go with a big mound of mash or rice. If it’s a sausage-and-beans kind of night, David Gingell, co-founder of Primeur , Westerns Laundry and Jolene , all in London, colours a couple of rashers of streaky bacon and some fennel sausages in a heavy-based pan. “Take them out, and you should be left with a good amount of fat in which to sweat an obscene amount of finely diced onions with some salt and a couple of crushed garlic cloves, until sticky and delicious. ” Add…