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Fried Sausage

Sausages fried in butter or dripping until browned, then drained on a wire rack.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Fried Sausage

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Heat a clean frying pan and add a bit of butter or dripping.

  2. Once melted, add the sausages and shake the pan for a minute.

  3. Turn the sausages carefully to avoid breaking them.

  4. Fry over low heat until browned on all sides.

  5. Place the sausages on a wire rack to drain excess fat for a few minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Fresh sausages
Provide the main protein and fat that cook and brown in the pan.
Butter or dripping
Conducts heat evenly across the pan and adds fat for browning and flavour.

The step that matters

Turn the sausages carefully. Sausage casings can split when handled roughly or pierced, letting juices and fat escape and leaving the meat dry. Gentle turning keeps the casing intact so the sausages cook evenly and stay juicy.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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