HONEY ORANGE GLAZED SAUSAGES

—Glaze is so delicious you will want to double the recipe – refrigerates for several weeks—
Yield: 4 servings
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13.3 oz. pkg. FLETCHER’S Brown Sugar’N Honey Pork Sausage breakfast links*

GLAZE

1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
½ cup orange juice
¼ cup liquid honey
2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp. orange zest
¼ tsp. each dried sage leaves, ground ginger AND black pepper
½ tsp. dried thyme leaves pinch each ground cloves AND ground allspice
2 bay leaves
2 Tbsp. orange liqueur or brandy (optional) *

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Pre-cook sausages following package directions. Transfer to a low sided baking pan.
3. In a small saucepan, add oil and sauté onion on medium-low heat for 10 minutes until very soft and lightly golden. Stir occasionally.
4. Combine remaining glaze ingredients, except liqueur. Add to onions. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to a slow boil and let reduce until slightly syrupy. Stir in liqueur. Turn off heat.
5. Spoon about 1/3 of the glaze over sausages. Bake 7 minutes. Spoon another 1/3 of the glaze, and bake another 5 minutes. Apply remaining glaze, and bake another 7 minutes. Roll sausages in glaze mixture each time.

*TIPS:

• For variation, choose FLETCHER’S Maple Pork Sausage breakfast links, and replace honey with maple syrup. Also delicious with FLETCHER’S Pork or Chicken Sausage breakfast links
• Replace liqueur with orange juice
• For an appetizer or finger food, cut pre-cooked sausages into halves or thirds, bake in the glaze, and serve on toothpicks