The Green Egg and I Rope Sausage!

BuBaQlishus

Rope Sausage

Rope Sausage ready to prepare with seasonings, skewer and place on the grill

Initially inspired by a TV segment with Jamie Oliver, we added our
technique and special touch, replicating this process with two recipes
we explored and refined a number of times until we got it just to our
liking. We initially tried our rope sausage recipes at a cooking
demonstration and not only did we get rave reviews and all sorts of
requests for the recipes, we were all out 6 wheels in 20 minutes…who
knew!!. What’s fun about this is that you can try just about any
rendition  with your own selections of herbs and spices, etc to refine
it until you get it just the way you want it…experiment,
experiment….feel the passion of cooking, grilling and having fun on the
The Big Green Egg or your favorite barbi.

So, what’s this all about?…well a quick overview is to first take the
sausage pin wheel, unroll it and flatten it somewhat by lightly
pressing down with your fingers the full length of the sausage so you
can apply seasonings as shown here.

One recipe called for Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

The other recipe was a different variation…..

This recipe called for fresh Basil, Parsley, Roasted Garlic and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Recipes for both seasonings that are mixed into a paste are as follows…

Version One

5 Sage leaves coarsely chopped (approx. 2 tbsp) and additional
leaves to add on top left whole when you wrap up or place individual
links together on skewer, demonstrated further below.

1 tsp fresh thyme

1 tsp fresh rosemary coarsely chopped

1 tbsp roasted garlic (or 1/2 tsp fresh minced garlic)

1/2 tbsp EVOO

1 tbsp dry Colemans mustard

1 tbsp vermouth

1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper

Version Two

3 tbsp fresh basil coarsely chopped

1 tbsp fresh parsley coarsely chopped

1 tbsp roasted garlic (or 1/2 tsp fresh minced garlic)

1/2 tbsp EVOO

5 sun dried tomatoes packed in oil

Mix your ingredients thoroughly until you get a thick consistency. I
use a mortise and pestle to mix all my ingredients. Grinding the
ingredients together releases all the flavors and melds everything
together nicely into a paste, as shown.

Mixing Ingredients in Mortise and Pestle

Gently roll out sausage so as not to tear the casing and flatten with
finger tips, giving a greater surface for which to apply paste, as
shown;

Lightly flattened with seasoned paste (version 2) applied & ready to be rolled back up.

I f you can’t find pinwheel sausage, you can substitute large links
of sweet Italian. Try plain or mixed seasoned links like garlic and
cheese, sun-dried tomato, depending on the brand, as shown below,
placing the links together with a skewer and/or basting separately while
cooking…

Cheese, broccoli and garlic with version 1 paste and basting brush ready to pit on!

Place on grill..cook and baste with each turn, pricking the skin with your fork allowing excess fat to drain off…

Remember to baste frequently while pricking skin allowing sausage to drain excess fat...

Back to the Pinwheel/Rope sausage…after paste is applied, roll back
up, skewer and place on the grill, liberally basting separately with
excess paste when turning..

Rolling
sausage back up (version one with sage leaves) Note how they are placed
on top of the paste as well....when basting the edges get crisp and
offer an incredible added texture and flavor to the sausage!!

Version2 Rolled, skewered and ready for my Green Egg!!

400 + degrees and we are set to go!...cook covered and on direct heat

Looking Good!...Version 1 & 2- Remember to baste frequently...

 

Looking even better!...use the extra basting paste as a dipper!

Try this! It is a crowd pleaser and great appetizer for your friends to enjoy while you prepare and cook the next course..

Cheers!

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Boilermaker Ben

Great post! and nice blog too.

Egg Juju

Interesting idea... Time to look for some rope sausage.  

bcdon

Looks delicious and fantastic photography!

BuBaQlishus

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bissegg

How long do I cook the sausage?

BuBaQlishus

Depends on how you like it....I like it when the outside gets a little crisp, allowing more of the fat to drain. I would say at least 5 mins a side and check.....follow me on the page By hitting the rss feed and like buttons...to get more recipes and also post your comments on those you have tried....need the support!-