Nigella’s Cosmo Cocktail Sausages
“Old recipes are like faithful friends whose presence is always reassuring, so I’m very happy that my Cosmo Cocktail Sausages – the mainstay of many a Christmas party over the years – have now come to Ocado. The Cosmopolitan cocktail, the inspiration behind them, may no longer be as much in vogue, but these little sausages never go out of fashion in my house! The cocktail’s ingredients of vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice and lime are echoed in the sausages’ marinade, which relies instead, along with the lime juice and a splash of vodka – though strictly speaking, that splash of vodka is optional – on marmalade and cranberry sauce, ensuring the cooked sausages come out of the oven beautifully burnished and deliciously sticky.”
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6. Line a shallow roasting tin with foil.
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Put all of the ingredients except the sausages in a bowl or jug; whisk to combine.
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Drop the 50 sausages into the lined roasting tin. Pour over the mixture and smoosh them about a bit, so that all the sausages are covered with the marinade. Bake for 50 mins to 1 hr, giving the pan a shake after 25 mins. The marinade will seem alarmingly liquidy, but this liquid will thicken to a sausage-burnishing syrup by the time they’re cooked through.
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Serve immediately, with little cocktail sticks for easy eating. Leftovers should be covered and chilled within 2 hrs of cooking. They’ll keep in the fridge for up to 3 days and are best eaten cold.
Ingredients
- 50g fine shred marmalade or no-peel marmalade
- 2 tbsp M&S Cranberry Sauce
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice (approx. 2 limes)
- 1 splash of vodka (optional)
- 2 (540g) packs M&S British Outdoor Bred 36 Cocktail Sausages, 50 uncooked (freeze leftover sausages, see tip)
Total time required 1 hr
- Preparation time: 10 mins
- Cooking time: 50 mins
All recipes published with permission by Nigella.