There’s more to grilling than burgers and dogs! Sausages on the grill are a fantastic and easy way to create a quick and flavorful meal. Whether it’s kielbasa, smoked or bratwurst, sausage is made for the grill – perfect, flavor-filled bundles that grill up in a flash with no fuss. The cool thing about sausage is they’re already chock full of herbs, spices and other flavors so you can literally take them straight from the fridge to the grill with little to no preparation.
Sausage Grilling Tips
1. Grill sausages over indirect heat. Cooking them over a direct flame will cause the juices inside to boil, which will burst your casing and allow all those delicious juices to escape.
2. Cook sausages until they reach an internal temperature of at least 160 degrees Fahrenheit. The meat inside should be fully cooked and no longer pink. I pull mine off the grill at about 155 degrees and let carryover cooking finish them off.
3. When you remove sausages from the grill, let them rest — without cutting them — for 5 to 10 minutes. Resting allows the juices, which are gently bubbling inside the sausage, to redistribute themselves away from the surface where they move during cooking. The juices will stay nicely tucked inside your sausage instead of in a pool on your cutting board.
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I’m taking the Maryland Buy Local Challenge this week by eating one thing every day produced by a Maryland farm and it’s not just about fresh produce. Maryland farms also produce wonderful meats, poultry and — you guessed it — sausages. Maryland’s farm markets frequently host local farms and companies who produce tasty sausages. Here are just a few to help you Buy Local this week:
Broom’s Bloom Dairy , Bel Air, MD
It’s Only Natural Farm, Nanjemoy, MD
Groff’s Content Farm , Rocky Ridge, MD
Waltz Family Farm, Smithsburg, MD
Simply Sausage , Landover, MD
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Grilled Kielbasa & Peppers
Ingredients
- 2 medium onions, sliced
- 2 medium green bell peppers, sliced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 pound kielbasa or sausage, cut in half lengthwise
Instructions
- Preheat a grill or grill pan over medium high heat.
- Toss onions and peppers together in a large bowl. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toss until vegetables are evenly coated.
- Place sausage on grill over indirect heat -- cut side down -- and arrange onions and peppers around them. (Use a grill tray if necessary to prevent the onions and peppers from slipping through the grates.)
- Cook, turning the sausages once, until sausages reach an internal temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit, 5 to 10 minutes depending on the size of the sausage.
- Remove from grill and serve.
- Number of servings: 4
Does anyone know how to contact It’s Only Natural Farm in Nanjemoy, MD? (listed in article above) They have no website that can be found, and both the phone number and email address listed in other sites is incorrect.