This recipe was given to us by Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet and has quickly become one of our favorites.
You can use just about any three of your favorite sausages for this dish, it's entirely up to you. We mix them up according to flavor, texture and coloring. We generally use Casper's Hot Dogs, Hillshire Farms All Beef Kielbasa and either a knockwurst or bockwurst, but mainly whatever we can find at the time.
We prefer to boil the sausages lightly (just enough to make sure they come up to temperature), although you can grill them instead. We slice them into thin (or thick) rounds and sometimes slice them diagonally, for that special occasion.
This is also one of those dishes that is even better the next day (in fact, we recommend it but we've never actually had the patience for it ourselves)...
Basic Fennel Dressing
2 Tbs fresh parsley
1/2 Cup chopped celery
1 Tbs crushed fresh fennel
1/4 Cup chopped green onions
2 Tbs dried parsley
1/2 Cup red wine vinegar
1/2 Tbs lemon juice
1/4 Cup olive oil
1/4 Cup peanut oil
Instructions:
1) Combine oils and vinegars, add other ingredients
2) Add lemon juice and parsley
3) Salt and pepper to taste
4) Add cooked and sliced sausages and allow to chill for at least a couple of hours before serving
