A well-cooked sausage should be deeply golden on the outside, yet juicy and moist on the inside, and there is one simple method that achieves that. The butchers at True Bites suggest preparing sausages in the oven, and I must concur—the oven represents the better cooking approach.
Why Oven Cooking Wins
While the majority of people prepare sausages in a frying pan, I rarely achieve juicy results using this approach. From my observations, pan-frying bangers typically leads to uneven cooking and oil splashes covering my kitchen hob. Nevertheless, there's a considerably simpler technique I've uncovered that creates less chaos and superior outcomes.
Step-by-Step Oven Method
To begin, preheat your oven to 180°C Fan while preparing the baking tray. Line the tray with foil before laying the sausages on top. Should your sausages be particularly lean, add a small drizzle of oil. The sausages used on this occasion contained sufficient fat, meaning additional oil wasn't necessary.
Some people choose to pierce sausages with a fork, however this simply causes the juices and fat to escape, potentially leaving them drier. Place the tray in the oven and allow the sausages to cook for between 25 to 35 minutes. At roughly the 15-minute mark, turn the sausages over to ensure they brown evenly on the other side.
Perfect Results Every Time
After a total of 35 minutes, the sausages were golden brown on the outside and piping hot all the way through. Using foil to line the tray made the washing-up effortless – no scrubbing required, and the sausages remained completely unstuck.
