The Saturday-morning classic, done the way it deserves
Every Australian knows the smell. Onions going soft and golden on a hot plate, sausages ticking away beside them, white bread at the ready. The sausage sizzle doesn't need reinventing — it needs doing properly. And with a natural-casing, grass-fed beef sausage, properly means gently: steady heat, patient turning, and no stabbing with the tongs. Twenty-five minutes on the barbecue, start to finish, and you've got the one to master before summer rolls around.
Ingredients
- 5 Your Farmer grass-fed beef sausages
- 3 brown onions, halved and thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 20g butter
- 5 slices soft white bread
- Tomato or barbecue sauce, to serve
- Salt, for the onions
Instructions
Preheat the barbecue flat plate — medium on one side for the onions, medium-low on the other for the sausages.
Spread the onions over the hotter side with the oil and butter. Cook for 15–20 minutes, turning with tongs every few minutes, until soft, golden and sweet. Season with salt and push to the cooler edge to keep warm.
3 onions1 tbsp olive oil20g butterMeanwhile, lay the sausages on the medium-low side. Turn every 3–4 minutes for 15–18 minutes, until browned all over and cooked through (about 71°C at the centre). Never prick them, and don't rush — a natural casing splits over fierce heat.
5 sausagesLay each slice of bread on the diagonal, add a sausage, top with onions and sauce, and serve straight off the plate.
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Why a Good Sausage Cooks Differently
Your Farmer® grass-fed beef sausages come in a natural casing, with no preservatives and no gluten — just grass-fed beef and seasoning. That changes how you cook them. A natural casing holds the juices under pressure as the sausage heats up, and fierce direct heat will split it before the middle is done. So the whole technique is one word: gently. Medium-low plate, a turn every few minutes, and about fifteen to eighteen minutes of patience. What you get back is a sausage that's browned all over, juicy in the middle, and never grey or burst.
The other rule you already know, but it bears repeating: never prick them. There's a pack of five in every grass-fed beef CSA share, so you'll have plenty of chances to practise. Two more small things the good sizzlers know: take the sausages out of the fridge fifteen minutes before they hit the plate, because a chilled centre is what makes the timing hard — and if you're feeding a crowd, work in batches and rest the cooked ones loosely under foil at the cool end. Ten minutes' rest never hurt a sausage, and the onions only get sweeter while they wait.
Swaps and Variations
Soft white bread is traditional, and there's no shame in tradition — but a buttered roll holds more onion, and a slice of cheese melted over the sausage in its last minute on the plate never hurt anyone. Mustard instead of tomato sauce moves it from Saturday morning to Saturday night. And if you're firing up the barbecue anyway, it's a short step to a full grill — our guide to steak night on the barbie covers the rest of the plate.
Storage and Leftovers
Cooked sausages keep in the fridge for up to three days, and the onions for a good week in a sealed container — spoon them onto steak sandwiches, burgers and eggs all week. The best leftover in this house: a next-morning breakfast roll with a split sausage, fried egg and the last of the onions. If your barbecue habit outruns the monthly pack, extra five-packs of our beef sausages are easy to add to a delivery.
Frequently asked questions
Flat plate or grill bars?
How do I know the sausages are done without cutting one open?
Can I cook them from frozen?
Can I do the onions ahead?
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