Italian Sausage, Pepper & Onion Sandwiches
A Boy, His Big Green Eggs & Sokol Blosser Wine
This quick dinner choice always reminds me of walking the Boardwalk in Atlantic City on family vacations with my parents. It brings back memories of looking at the ocean, people watching and eating hot sausage sandwiches. I can feel the sun and smell the salt air as I write this. Fun times in AC.
Preparation:
Cut up onions and peppers and place in a pan with holes in the bottom, so your chopped veggies do not fall between your grill grates. Add some salt & pepper, rosemary and a couple of chopped garlic cloves. Sauté on the grill until soft. We cooked our peppers and onion at the same time we cooked our Italian sausage. Depending on your set up and fire your peppers and onions my cook faster than your sausage. This time ours were done at the same time.
Salad:
Susan and I mixed up a baby arugula salad with a balsamic vinigrette, rosemary and garlic. We found some left over caramelized Walla Walla onions in the fridge, which we also added.
Grilling:
Our Big Green Egg, Medford, cooked up this Boardwalk Stroller of a Sandwich. Set up your grill with the fire at one end of the grill. Place your sausage of choice directly over the hot coals. Place your perforated sauté pan on the grill, but not directly over the flame, more indirect heat. Stir your onions and peppers and turns your sausages till done. We cooked everything at about 400˚F for about 10 minutes. This is truly a quick and easy meal. I think we were even able to lightly toast the rolls for the sandwich as well. Alright, maybe 15 minutes all in.
Wine:
Now, I know we have been drinking Evolution and Meditrina a lot as we grill this Summer. I do know that Evolution and Meditrina are wines that most of the my friends across the country can get. I know I said I would try not to pair our Summer grilling food with Sokol Blosser wines most people can not get, but tonight cried for a Sokol Blosser Rosé of Pinot Noir. I know you can’t get it on the East Coast, but that doesn’t make this “Pink Nectar” any less tasty and refreshing. Think of it this way, you have the AC Boardwalk and we have all the limited Sokol Blosser wines you can’t get. Come out and visit, the first bottle of Rosé is on me! Wa, see you August 1st. Ribs, Rosé and Pinot Noir are already planned for that evening. See you soon my friend!