Hey David (
DRKsmoking
) I managed to make it work and you're gonna LOVE this!! Now to the back story. I recently posted some lasagna wrapped Italian sausages and in that thread David and I chatted about my considering trying to do potato wrapped sausages. He is a genius where creativity with potatoes is concerned and had tried these. They did not meet his expectations so he shared a little of what he did and gave me a couple pitfalls to look out for. I've been thinking through it and finally decided to pull the trigger yesterday. It was a bit intimidating being that David is so over-the-top with potatoes and his came out less than he'd hoped for. What chance did I have to make it work? Not much but if I didn't at least try, it'd never happen.
Lay out a piece of aluminum foil (just to keep the counter clean) and on top of that (very hard to see) is a length of plastic wrap that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Beef and jalapeno sausages. Hey
SmokinAl
you might recognize these 
Peel and boil a couple of russet potatoes. Smash with the meat masher and add salt, pepper, chives, minced onion, garlic powder, and panko bread crumbs. Mix with the electric hand mixer till well incorporated.
Lay the potato mixture on the plastic wrap and roll it out with my small pizza dough roller.
I cut the sausages in half to make them easier to handle then made relief cuts in the back so they would lay down flat. First chunk of sausage onto the potatoes. Cross your fingers!!
Pick up the end of the plastic wrap and pull it away from you with one hand and putting a bit of pressure on the sausage/potato with the other hand to get it to stick together. So far, so good.
Using a very sharp knife cut most of the excess potato from the end of the sausage but leave a half inch or so hanging over to mold for closing the end.
All 4 of the chunks of sausage rolled with the potato mixture and onto a CI skillet.
Brush with egg wash and onto the grill.
About 20 minutes in. They are starting to firm up and taking on some color.
All done. I am happy!! Maybe it's just me but I think these look pretty good.
Plated, covered with beef and onion gravy, served with steamed broccoli and cheddar cream sauce. A simple plate but oh so gratifying.
You guessed it...cut shots.
Of all the weird meals I've done, I'd have to say this was one of the most fun. It was just so cool putting it together and seeing a couple weeks worth of thought come to fruition. Eating it was a blast too This really was an outstanding meal. Now to some things of note. David said he used flour as a binder. For whatever reasons that his did not come out as he'd planned, it made no sense trying the same thing he did so I used the panko bread crumbs. He also noted that the sausages he used were too big, hence me cutting mine in half. I have a feeling that if I had not done that, the potato would have broken off due to the sausages flexing. On this next note, I have no way to validate it, just gut feeling but I didn't light up the grill till I put the sausages on. This way they would come up to temp slowly as the grill heated up. I can't help but thing they may have gone to pieces if they had been suddenly introduced to the extreme heat of lighting the grill in advance. All in all, I'd call this a success and Tracy absolutely loved this meal. Of course when she walked through the kitchen with the sausage rolls sitting on the counter, asked me what they were and I told her, I got "that look"...which all of us guys know I believe she thought I'd burnt my last brain cell with this one. Oh well, it was fun and one for the record books. Gotta run. Breakfast for my dearly beloved is needing to be done. Catch y'all on the next one.
Robert
DRKsmoking
) I managed to make it work and you're gonna LOVE this!! Now to the back story. I recently posted some lasagna wrapped Italian sausages and in that thread David and I chatted about my considering trying to do potato wrapped sausages. He is a genius where creativity with potatoes is concerned and had tried these. They did not meet his expectations so he shared a little of what he did and gave me a couple pitfalls to look out for. I've been thinking through it and finally decided to pull the trigger yesterday. It was a bit intimidating being that David is so over-the-top with potatoes and his came out less than he'd hoped for. What chance did I have to make it work? Not much but if I didn't at least try, it'd never happen.Lay out a piece of aluminum foil (just to keep the counter clean) and on top of that (very hard to see) is a length of plastic wrap that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Beef and jalapeno sausages. Hey
SmokinAl
you might recognize these
Peel and boil a couple of russet potatoes. Smash with the meat masher and add salt, pepper, chives, minced onion, garlic powder, and panko bread crumbs. Mix with the electric hand mixer till well incorporated.
Lay the potato mixture on the plastic wrap and roll it out with my small pizza dough roller.
I cut the sausages in half to make them easier to handle then made relief cuts in the back so they would lay down flat. First chunk of sausage onto the potatoes. Cross your fingers!!
Pick up the end of the plastic wrap and pull it away from you with one hand and putting a bit of pressure on the sausage/potato with the other hand to get it to stick together. So far, so good.
Using a very sharp knife cut most of the excess potato from the end of the sausage but leave a half inch or so hanging over to mold for closing the end.
All 4 of the chunks of sausage rolled with the potato mixture and onto a CI skillet.
Brush with egg wash and onto the grill.
About 20 minutes in. They are starting to firm up and taking on some color.
All done. I am happy!! Maybe it's just me but I think these look pretty good.
Plated, covered with beef and onion gravy, served with steamed broccoli and cheddar cream sauce. A simple plate but oh so gratifying.
You guessed it...cut shots.
Of all the weird meals I've done, I'd have to say this was one of the most fun. It was just so cool putting it together and seeing a couple weeks worth of thought come to fruition. Eating it was a blast too
This really was an outstanding meal. Now to some things of note. David said he used flour as a binder. For whatever reasons that his did not come out as he'd planned, it made no sense trying the same thing he did so I used the panko bread crumbs. He also noted that the sausages he used were too big, hence me cutting mine in half. I have a feeling that if I had not done that, the potato would have broken off due to the sausages flexing. On this next note, I have no way to validate it, just gut feeling but I didn't light up the grill till I put the sausages on. This way they would come up to temp slowly as the grill heated up. I can't help but thing they may have gone to pieces if they had been suddenly introduced to the extreme heat of lighting the grill in advance. All in all, I'd call this a success and Tracy absolutely loved this meal. Of course when she walked through the kitchen with the sausage rolls sitting on the counter, asked me what they were and I told her, I got "that look"...which all of us guys know I believe she thought I'd burnt my last brain cell with this one. Oh well, it was fun and one for the record books. Gotta run. Breakfast for my dearly beloved is needing to be done. Catch y'all on the next one.Robert
