Mikes Italian Dogs Recipes

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in oil until golden.
• Spray a pan with olive oil and cook onions until tender and golden.
• Remove onions from pan and set aside.
• Boil or steam the hotdogs until cooked.
• Split buns and spread with butter, sauce, and relish.
• Place 1 hotdog on each bun.
• Divide red and green capsicums, mozzarella and parmesan cheese between the 6 hotdogs.

Steps:

• Preheat the grill.
• Blanch the sausages in simmering water until just firm to the touch; drain well.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil from the capsicums in a large pan and gently sauté the garlic and onion until they have softened but not browned.
• Add the olives, the capsicums, the tomato cooking sauce and the seasonings. Mix well and cook until thickish. Then stir in 8 torn basil leaves.
• While the sauce is cooking, pan fry the sausages in a thin layer of oil in another pan until they are golden brown.
• Then cut the two baguettes into three pieces about the length of the sausages; make cuts in the centre (but NOT right through) and insert a sausage topped with the sauce inside each piece of the baguette.
• Place on the sausage-filled baguettes on a baking tray, top with cheeses and grill until golden and bubbling.
• Serve with a garnish of basil.