Entertaining this weekend?

Looking for an easy side dish?

Perfect for bbqs, dinner parties and family gatherings,  these Continental Roasted  Potatoes will have people lining up for seconds.

Ingredients

1 kg baby potatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

300 g Italian sausages: de-skinned and broken into small pieces/balls

Duck fat

sea salt and fresh ground pepper

Shallots sliced for garnishing.

Method

Wash potatoes, skewer and place in pot of water.  Bring to boil and cook until just tender. Drain.

Heat frypan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.  Add balls of de-skinned Italian sausages and fry until cooked and golden.

In an oven tray, place potatoes and stir through duck fat making sure to coat each potato.

Bake in over at 180 degrees C for 40 minutes.  Stir  half way through cooking time to re-coat potatoes.

Remove potatoes  to serving dish, add Italian sausage balls  and season with sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Garnish with sliced shallots.

NB To de-skin sausages, cut open one end of sausage and squeeze out small ball size pieces.  If needed, wet your hands and roll sausage balls before putting into frypan.