Sausages in Wine with Potatoes
It is a most traditional and tasty dish. In addition, it is an economical recipe that is prepared in a moment. If I were you, I wouldn’t miss it.
I’ll confess one thing: I’m not a big fan of sausages. It is a product that I do not usually eat in my day to day and, therefore, I do not usually cook them. However, every exception has its rule, and in this case, my exception is the fresh butcher sausages. I quite like those.
To make this recipe for sausages in wine with potatoes I have used some fresh pork sausages, which are the most typical and easy to find. However, it could also be prepared with turkey or chicken sausage. It would be a dish just as rich and a little healthier, since these meats usually have a lower proportion of fat.
There are different ways to do this sausage stew with wine. Many recipes are prepared by cooking the sausages only with the wine, although I have wanted to give them a little more grace by incorporating some potatoes. These are cut and fried beforehand to provide an even richer touch.
Having said all this, do you want to prepare a rich, economical dish that the whole family likes? Well, take note of how to make wine sausages with potatoes. You’ll see how well they turn out.
Ingredients to make wine sausages with potatoes. Quantities for 4 servings
- 750 g of fresh sausages
- 2 medium potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 bay leaf
- 150g of white wine
- 300 ml of chicken or beef broth
- Salt
- extra virgin olive oil
- light olive oil or sunflower oil to fry the potatoes
- 1 level teaspoon cornstarch (optional)
How to make wine sausages with potatoes
fry the potatoes
- Start by preparing the potatoes that will accompany the stew. For it peel and cut into cubes.
- fry the potatoes in abundant oil until golden brown. They do not need to be fully cooked because we are going to add them to the stew later.
- Once ready, place them on a plate covered with kitchen paper that will absorb excess fat. Booking.
- Cut the potatoes into cubes and fry them
mark the sausages
- Now, in a large frying pan or saucepan, pour a splash of olive oil. to live fire, sear sausages until golden brown outside. As in the previous case, it is not necessary to cook them completely, because later they will be cooked together with the rest of the ingredients. When you have them, save them.
- Sear the sausages in the pan
Prepare the sauce
- Secondly, cut the onion in julienne. peel and chop the garlic clove.
- In the same container where you have marked the sausages, add one more splash of oil. Add the onion, garlic and bay leaf. Also add a pinch of salt to help the onion sweat. Sauté everything for 15 minutes or so, until the onion is very soft.
- Saute the onion and garlic. Add the bay leaf
Finish the stew of sausages in wine
- Once you have the sofrito well poached, add the wineraise the heat a little and cook for a few minutes so that the alcohol evaporates.
- Now add the broth along with the sausages and potatoes that you booked Also add a little pepper.
- Cover the container and let everything cook for about 15 or 20 minutes, until both the sausages and the potatoes are very tender. Shake the stew a bit so that the potato releases the starch and the sauce thickens.
- If the cooking time is running out and you notice that the sauce is too runny for your liking, uncover the container and let it slow down a bit.
- Another thing you can do if you like thick sauces is dissolve a teaspoon of cornstarch in cold wateradd it to the stew and bring it to a boil.
- Correct the salt point and pepper. Finally, serve the sausages in wine with potatoes freshly made and piping hot.
- Add the white wine
- Add the fresh sausages
- Add the broth
- Add the potatoes and cook until everything is tender
Tips for making wine sausages with potatoes
- It is recommended to cover the stew while we leave it to chup chup so everything cooks more evenly. If you don’t cover it, nothing happens, but you may have to add a little more broth, since there will be more evaporation of the liquid.
- Be careful when adding saltbecause both the sausages and the broth are usually quite tasty.
- You may save the stew overnight; will be even richer. What you cannot do is freeze it, since it contains potatoes, a food that does not resist freezing well.
- You may choose the white wine you prefer. This same recipe could also be made with beer.