Consisting of ground meat, fat, salt, and other seasonings, sausages are tasty and versatile additions to any breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Cooking them in different ways adds to their variety. Here’s a quick guide to different gourmet sausage cooking styles.

3 Ways to Cook Gourmet Sausages

1. Pan-Fried

One of the simplest ways to cook sausage for everyday meals is in a pan on a stovetop. Fresh sausages, like patties, breakfast links, and bratwurst, can all be cooked this way.

Before putting the sausages on the pan, poke their skins with a fork to keep them from exploding as they heat up. Cook the sausages thoroughly until there’s no pink on the inside.

Pre-cooked sausages, like hot dogs, bologna, and frankfurters, can also be cooked on a pan. However, you don’t have to cook them all the way through because they’re not raw.

2. Smoked

Some sausages, like kielbasa and andouille, are hung in a smokehouse or smoker, where a fire produces smoke to cook, flavor, and preserve them. Because smoked sausages are already cooked, you can eat them just as they are, though they’re often tastier heated up.

3. Cured

Cured sausages are made fresh, then salted or air-dried for weeks or months. Drawing out the moisture in this way preserves the meat. Popular types of cured sausages include chorizo, Genoa salami, and coppa. Cured sausages are best served at room temperature and often paired with crackers and sandwiches.

If you’re in the mood for gourmet sausages, stop by Alaska Sausage & Seafood in Anchorage. For more than 50 years, the family-owned company has provided a wide array of Alaskan specialties, like smoked halibut and sausages made with reindeer meat. To learn more about their products and gift packages, visit their website or call (907) 562-3636 today.