Warm Cottage Sausage Salad

Published : June 22, 2015

Great for a snack, a side dish or light meal.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

6 country style pork sausages
500g tiny (chat) potatoes
300g green beans, halved
100g grape tomatoes
150g baby spinach or rocket leaves
8 or so green olives
50g fetta cheese

Dressing

1/2 cup quality mayonnaise
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp garlic crushed
2 tbsp warm water

Method

Place sausages in a shallow frying pan and cover with cold water. Simmer gently for 4 minutes. Drain and cool. Slice into thick diagonal slices.
Place potatoes in the base of a steamer and cover with cold water, bring to the boil covered and boil for 5 minutes. Reduce heat and place the beans in the top half of the steamer for further 4 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat and set the beans aside, potatoes should remain in the water covered for a further 5 minutes.
Heat a large frying or griddle pan over a high heat and brown the sliced sausages well for 2-3 minutes.
Place the spinach, tomatoes, beans, crumbled fetta and olives into a large serving bowl and toss well.
Divide the salad evenly onto serving plates. Arrange the drained baby potatoes and the browned sausage slices over the salad.
Whisk together the dressing ingredients and drizzle over the salad just prior to serving.

This salad is delicious served in Turkish bread, a wrap or in a big crusty roll.