roasted pork sausage / broccoli & fennel / spring salad with citrus

roasted pork sausage / broccoli & fennel / spring salad with citrus

Contents of your meal kit:
Zeigler’s hot italian pork sausage
broccoli
fennel
mandarin orange(s)
lemon
red wine vinaigrette base
spring salad mix
fennel fronds

Equipment needed:  baking sheet, salad bowl

Finishing steps:

  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. On a foil-lined baking sheet, toss broccoli & fennel with olive oil, salt & pepper.  Place sausage on top.  Once oven has heated roast for 10 minutes, then toss and roast another 5-10 minutes or until sausage is cooked through.
  3. Meanwhile peel mandarin orange(s) and cut into ¼-inch slices.
  4. For additional browning, turn oven to broil and watch closely until sausage is well browned.  Remove from oven before adding a squeeze of lemon over the entire baking sheet.
  5. Pour red wine vinaigrette base into the bottom of your salad bowl and add an equal amount of olive oil.  Whisk or mix with a fork to combine.   If this looks like too much dressing, remove some before adding the greens and citrus slices.  Toss gently and season with salt & pepper to taste.
  6. Serve sausage on top of broccoli & fennel with a sprinkle with fennel fronds.  Enjoy the spring salad on the side.