Pork Sausage with Couscous and Onion Gravy - Sasha

Recipe by Sasha

Ingredients:

2 pork sausages (preferable herb and spice mixed for maximum flavor)

For the onion gravy:

2 medium onions (thinly sliced)

1 clove garlic (thinly sliced)

2 tsp oil

20g butter

1 tbsp flour

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 tsp sugar 

1 cup beef bouillon water (concentrated) or use beef cubes

1/4 tsp cinnamon powder

For the couscous

1 cup medium grained couscous
20g butter
2 tbsp lemon juice
salt to taste 

pepper to taste

Steps:

For the onion gravy:

1. In a pot, add oil and butter, then add onions and garlic and fry till slightly pink-brown. Do not over fry them. 
2. Add flour, salt and pepper, 1 cup of beef bouillon water, sugar and cinnamon powder and let cook till the sauce is completely cooked, thick and full of flavor. 

For the sausage:

1. Place the sausage vertically on the chopping board and make 5-6 horizontal slits along its length about 1cm apart on both sides.
2. Add 1/2 tsp oil and fry the sausages till cooked inside and fried brown on the outside. 

For the couscous

1. Pour one cup of dry couscous into a big bowl.
2. Add one cup of salted boiling water to the couscous to submerge it, and cover the bowl with a cloth.
3. Let it stay untouched and covered for 10-15 mins.
4. Once couscous has absorbed the water and fluffed up, add butter and lemon juice, and mix the couscous together.

Assembly:

1. Place 3 heaping tablespoons of couscous mixture onto the serving dish. Place the fried sausage on top. Finally, top off with 2-3 big tablespoons of onion gravy. 
2. Serve hot with a nice pint of cold beer! 
3. ENJOY!