| Tante Marie’s Warm Sausage
and Potato Salad with Arugula
Ingredients
2 lb. Yukon Gold or Yellow Finn Potatoes
Coarse salt
Extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbs. minced fresh chives
Freshly ground black pepper
2 lb. Italian sausages
1 cup dry white wine
2 shallot, minced
2 tsp. Dijon style mustard
4 oz. arugula
Instructions
To cook the potatoes,
cut them in half if large, and put them in a saucepan covered
with plenty of cold water. Add half a teaspoon of salt and
bring to a boil. Simmer until the potatoes are tender when
pierced with a fork, about 30 minutes. Drain onto a colander
and shake to evaporate the excess moisture. When cool enough
to handle, slice the potatoes and put them into a bowl,
toss gently with olive oil, chives, and salt and pepper
to taste.
To cook the sausages, prick them in several places, and
put them in a 10 inch saute pan with about 1/4 inch water
over medium high heat, turning them from time to time and
adding water if they get too dry. When they are lightly
golden on all sides, remove from pan. Immediately, pour
in the wine to deglaze the pan, and pour the wine mixture
into a salad bowl. Slice the sausage in 3/4-inch slices.
To the salad bowl, stir in the shallot, mustard, and a
tablespoon of olive oil. Toss the arugula in this dressing.
Arrange the dressed arugula around the bottom of 4 warmed
salad plates; pile potatoes in the middle of the arugula;
and arrange the sausage around the potatoes. Decorate with
additional chives.
Serves 4.
© Mary S. Risley |