Wurstsalat (Sausage salad)
Everybody in Germany likes to prepare Wurstsalat once in a while. It is very easy to make and is one of those German specialties that best reflects the German food industry. It is either made Coarse grain sausage or fine grain sausages like Knackwurst or Frankfurter. German summer afternoons spent at home working in the garden often end with a meal of wurstsalat. Wurstsalat is also an everpresent item in almost all the menus of German inns and restaurants.
serves 4
Ingredients:
4 precooked cold sausage such as knackwurst, peeled, and sliced thin (about 3/4 of a pound)
Red Onion rings , trimmed, peeled, sliced thin
salt (to taste )
freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
3 Tablespoons wine vinegar
4 Tablespoon vegetable oil
Other vegetables , such as cucumbers, tomatoes, asparagus whatever is fresh or in season.
In a salad bowl combine sliced knackwurst and sliced onion. In a small bowl whisk together vinegar, oil, salt and pepper, our dressing over knackwurst, toss and serve with a good rye bread or hearty German Bread.
B-man
