SAUSAGES IN RED ONION MARMALADE SAUCE SERVED WITH BUBBLE AND SQUEAK

MRS DARLINGTONS  Jams, Marmalades and Chutneys sell rather well here at Skylark.
It all started for The Darlingtons in 1981when a surplus of eggs from their farm were used, to save waste, to make some lemon curd with the intention of seeing if they would sell to local villagers.
They did sell, and further requests poured in for possible other jams and chutneys.
Sales increased and by 1985 farm buildings were converted into a new kitchen with local village ladies drafted in to help with production. Another move to bigger premises came in 1992 with the addition of mustards,table sauces, pickles and now a new range of cooking sauces.

For todays Special's Board in the farmhouse cafe i have used Mrs Darlingtons Red Onion Marmalade.

First i browned off some sausages in butter in a large pan. I made half a pint of chicken stock and topped up to a pint with red wine and added to the pan with a whole jar of the red onion marmalade.

 

I brought it all to the boil, stirring well and left to simmer and reduce for about 20 minutes.

 

While the sausages were cooking i chopped an onion and sweated it off in a pan then added it to mashed potaoes, carrots and cabbage left over from Sundays roast dinner. A little mixed herbs,salt and pepper were also added for seasoning then i cooked in batches on the griddle til browned.

 

And here is the finished result and mighty tasty it was too!!

 



sausages served on bubble and squeak with red onion marmalade sauce

If you want to find out more about Mrs Darlington or the companys products take a look at their website here .

CHIPOLATAS

CHIPOLATAS, the small thin sausages usually associated as an accompaniment to the turkey at christmas, wrapped with streaky bacon.
This weeks task at Skylark was to free up the freezer so a recipe was needed for a large supply of chipolatas.
It was my day off on Tuesday so it was up to my 2 staff to come up with something different for the specials board.
GOOGLE, as usual threw up lots of suggestions for recipes and they decided on this one for "Cheese, Chutney & Chipolata Pinwheels"

3 chipolatas were used per portion and twirled round into a pinwheel and secured in place with a cocktail stick then baked in the oven.
Big, thick slices of farmhouse loaf were toasted on our griddle and, just before the chipolatas were taken from the oven some cheese was piled on top to melt over the pinwheel.
Selected, as an accompaniment, was Mrs Darlington's Autumn Fruit Chutney (which can be found to purchase in the Skylark Farm Shop).

 The toasted bread was put on the plate, topped with the chipolata and melted cheese and a good serving of chutney. Finished off with some diced, fried potatoes and salad this special was a big hit with all our customers this week.