Pomegranate Glazed Sausage Bites

Hi friends!  This super easy recipe for Pomegranate Glazed Sausage Bites comes from Jacques Pépin and his book, “Fast food my way”.  I have been making these delicious bites for over a year now, for both my small private events and for family gatherings, and I have to say that they really go fast (so consider making extra)!  I wanted to share the recipe with you all today because they are the perfect appetizer for easy entertaining and, without a doubt, a great addition to any holiday buffet.

In his book, Jacques Pépin says that he loves to serve these luscious hors d’oeuvres with drinks before dinner and I could not agree more.  I made them for the first time for my family last year on Thanksgiving day to enjoy with some cheese, nuts and some special cocktails my husband makes.  They disappeared in minutes and have become a requested appetizer for all special family get-togethers ever since!

Ingredients for the Pomegranate Glazed Sausage Bites

Four ingredients are all you need to make this quick appetizer and they are all interchangeable:

1. Sausage:  any kind of your favorite, fully-cooked beef or pork sausage will do (I used Polish sausage for this recipe)
2. Juice:  fresh pomegranate juice is wonderful, but you can also use cranberry juice with a little maple syrup or honey
3. Ketchup
4. Hot Sauce:  this dish takes just a couple of dashes of hot sauce (I used McIlhenney’s Tabasco sauce), or, some cayenne pepper for heat

Useful notes

• ? Even though we are using a fully cooked sausage for this recipe, I find that a quick sauté of the sliced sausage in the skillet before adding to the sauce, makes it even more delicious
• ? I have tried several different sausages, my favorite of all is an all-beef, grass-fed, Polish sausage by Teton Waters Ranch that I can find at Whole Foods and at Costco
• ? Can it be made ahead of time?  Yes, but make sure the sauce is a bit loose as you will need to warm it up again in it

How to serve it 

These delicious morsels are perfect served on their own on a platter with some rosemary sprigs to use as toothpicks, or, as part of a charcuterie board with chunks of sharp cheese, crackers and nuts. If you want to make it part of your meal, serve it over mashed potatoes or steamed rice and roasted vegetables.

I hope you give these easy Pomegranate Glazed Sausage Bites a try this month.  If you have all the ingredients at  hand, this recipe takes no more than 10 minutes to make from beginning to end! ??

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Pomegranate Glazed Sausage Bites

 

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Prep time

3 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

13 mins

 

A Jacques Pépin classic appetizer: quick and easy sausage bites in a delicious pomegranate sauce

Author: Marilena Leavitt

Recipe type: Appetizer

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

• ½ cup fresh pomegranate juice
• 1 TBSP. ketchup
• few dashes Tabasco hot pepper sauce
• 8 oz. all-natural, beef sausage, fully cooked

Instructions

1. Combine the pomegranate juice, the ketchup, and a few good dashes of Tabasco sauce in a medium skillet. Bring to a boil and cook the mixture for 2 to 3 minutes, or until it gets slightly reduced and syrupy.
2. Cut the sausage into ½-inch-thick slices. Add the sausage slices to a hot skillet with some olive oil, sauté briefly on both sides and then add them to the reduced sauce.
3. Cook over high heat, turning the slices occasionally, until the mixture reduces almost (but not) completely and coats well the sausage slices (2 to 3 minutes).
4. Serve them in a small bowl with toothpicks with some French Baguette on the side or as part of a charcuterie board.

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