Oyster Sausages Recipes

OYSTERS WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cook the sausage in a skillet until nicely browned on both sides. Arrange in the center of a platter with the oysters around it. Serve with lemon wedges.

SAUSAGE AND OYSTER STUFFING

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook and crumble over medium high heat until evenly brown.
• In a large bowl combine the dry bread stuffing with the sausage and pan juices. Stir in the oyster pieces and liquid, chopped celery, chopped onion, and butter.
• Add the broth/liquid a little at a time until the dressing is moist but not soggy. Season to taste with salt, pepper and Creole seasoning. Refrigerate until cold and stuff in turducken.

OYSTER SAUSAGES

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients but butter and oil and mix well. Using sausage stuffer, stuff into casing, making each sausage about 5 inches long. Twist and tie.
• Prick with fork and poach in salted water 10 to 15 minutes, until firm. To serve, brown quickly on both sides in butter and oil.

OYSTER SAUSAGE HERB DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Butter a 3-quart baking dish. Put cubed Cornbread and Italian bread on 2 separate rimmed baking sheets and bake until very dry, about 20 minutes. Let cool and combine in a large bowl. Increase the oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Meanwhile, cook the sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until nicely browned and the fat has rendered out, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer the sausage to a paper-towel-lined plate using a slotted spoon. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the sausage fat.
• Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in the skillet with the sausage fat. Add the celery and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened, 8 minutes. Stir in the sage, thyme, red pepper flakes, nutmeg and garlic and continue cooking and stirring until the herbs are fragrant, 2 minutes. Pour in the white wine, bring to a simmer, and cook until the liquid is almost completely absorbed, 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter and add to the bread cubes along with the sausage, vegetables, turkey broth, oysters, oyster liquor and eggs. Season with the salt and black pepper and toss to coat.
• Spread the dressing mixture into the baking dish and bake, covered with foil, 25 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking uncovered until well browned and crusty, about 30 minutes longer.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Place a large 12-inch cast-iron skillet into the oven.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Combine the buttermilk, 2 tablespoons of the melted butter and the eggs in a spouted measuring cup. Whisk the buttermilk mixture into the cornmeal mixture until just combined.
• Carefully remove the cast-iron skillet from the oven and pour in the remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter. Pour the cornbread batter into the skillet and spread evenly. Bake until the top is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 minutes. Let the cornbread cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.

OYSTER AND SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Make seasoning mix: Grind bay leaves and mix with remaining spices and herbs.
• In a heavy 7- to 8-quart pot or kettle melt butter over low heat. Add onions, green pepper, celery, garlic, parsley, Tasso and pork and brown over low heat, stirring constantly, 15 minutes. Add sausage and seasoning mix, mix thoroughly and continue cooking, stirring frequently, for 20 minutes. Add rice, raise heat to medium and cook 5 minutes, or until rice is lightly browned, stirring and scraping sides and bottom of pot. Add tomatoes, stock and oysters and mix gently. Raise heat to high, bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, 5 minutes. Cover pot, reduce heat to low and cook 40 minutes, stirring gently every 5 to 10 minutes. If too dry, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup water after about 30 minutes. Uncover pot, raise heat to medium and allow rice to dry out, about 10 minutes without stirring. Stir very gently, so as not to break up oysters and serve immediately.

OYSTER AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• In a large pot over high heat, add the oil. When the pan is smoking hot, add the shallots, celery, and bell peppers, saute for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add the tomatoes and garlic, saute for about 4 minutes.
• Stir in the stock, and add hot sauce, bay leaves, oregano, and thyme. Bring the liquid up to a boil, about 8 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, continue simmering for 15 minutes.
• While the stock is simmering, break the sausage into small pieces and cook in a separate pan until browned.
• Skim the impurities from the top of the gumbo, turn the heat to high, and cook for five minutes. Fold in the oysters and sausage, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add water, increasing or decreasing to achieve desired consistency. Remove from the heat. Remove bay leaves and discard.
• To assemble, ladle the gumbo into a bowl and top with rice.

OYSTER SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place soup mix in a bowl; add boiling water and let stand for 5 minutes. In a Dutch oven, melt butter. Stir in bread cubes and onion soup mixture. Cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Gently stir in the oysters, sausage, parsley and poultry seasoning. , Transfer to a large greased cast-iron skillet or 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake until heated through, 40-50 minutes.

FRIED QUAIL WITH SAUSAGE AND OYSTER CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to its lowest setting and place a cooking rack over a sheet pan in the oven. Rinse the quail, pat dry, then dust in the flour. Do not season the flour; the sausage is very salty and spicy.
• Fry the quail in a small amount of oil or lard in a skillet over high heat until they are golden brown, turning once, about 10 minutes. Remove to the rack in the oven to keep them warm while you prepare the cream sauce.
• Drain the oysters and set aside, reserving the liquor. Put the sausage in a saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until all of the grease is rendered out and the sausage is evenly browned. Remove the sausage from the pan and allow it to drain. Pour off the grease and discard.
• Add the cream and the oyster liquor to the pan and reduce over high heat until the sauce is just shy of the desired consistency, stirring often and scraping any brown bits stuck to the bottom of the pan. Lower the heat and crumble the cooked sausage into the cream. Add the oysters, heating the sauce through until the oysters just begin to curl, just a minute or two. Remove the birds from the oven to plates. Pour the sauce over the birds, dividing the oysters and bits of sausage equally among the plates.

PENNE W/ SPICY SAUSAGE, OYSTER MUSHROOMS, BASIL AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Simmer sausages in water for about 5 minutes or until just cooked; let cool. Coarsely chop tomatoes on food processor.
• In large skillet, heat 2 T olive oil. Add basil, onion, garlic and carrots; saute until soft. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomatoes and simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Cut sausages diagonally into thin slices. In small skillet, saute sausages in remaining 2 T olive oil until lightly browned. (make sure that the oil is very hot or the sausage will fall apart) Add mushrooms and saute until tender. Add mushrooms and sausages to tomato sauce; simmer 5 minutes.
• Cook pasta in large amount of boiling salted water until tender; drain and return to saucepan. Add sauce and toss. Serve with parmesan cheese.