Tonight's Farmers Market Dinner:
Sage Lamb Sausage with Grilled Spring Onions and Couscous
We got a grill last week for Memorial Day and I've used it every day since - so I think more things in the future are going to come off the grill for Thursday's Market Dinners. The sage lamb sausage came from Lindenhof Farm and was excellent. My initial idea was to grill the asparagus and use the spring onions in a 'sausage and onion sandwich' sort of thing. But Stacey gave me the idea to incorporate couscous, which took the meal in a whole different, more delicious direction.
Here's today's spread. (I'm not sure why Blogger autorotates some pictures)
1. Grilled the lamb sausage first. Then added some lightly oiled spring onions to the grill. The sausages flared up pretty bad while I was starting the couscous so there was a bit of a char when I came back to the grill - lesson learned. It turned out to be just fine as I let them cook the rest of the way through over some very low heat for a while.
2. Diced up a tomato and some herbs from the garden. The parsley and tomato was held until plating, but the sage and the thyme when in with the couscous.
3. Toasted the couscous in some olive oil, and then added chicken stock, thyme, and tri-colored sage with a small amount of salt and pepper. Let that cook down for a few minutes.
4. The onions cooked until they had some nice grill marks and were soft. The sausage doesn't look so great here, but trust me it was delicious.
5. Plating with two types of mustard, onion greens, and thinly sliced radishes. Piled the couscous in the center and surrounded it with diagonally sliced sausages. Topped that with the diced tomatoes and parsley and laid the sliced grilled onions over the whole mess. It turned out amazing!
6. Finished off tonight's dinner with salted caramel and brown sugar cookie dough cupcakes - both excellent.
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