Wurst Father's Day Ever

Father's Day checklist:

1. Eat delicious food
2. Have a few beers

Done and done.

For dinner, the Badass wife thought about hot dogs on the grill and I thought about bratwurst. Turns out we both won.

2-stage fire. Notice how the coals are under the bratwurst but not under the hot dogs.

This allows you to char at times and "bake" at other times

Wurst Father's Day Ever

Serves 4 + dog + leftovers

INGREDIENTS

• Hot dogs
• Bratwurst
• 2 large onions, sliced in half and then sliced thin
• Kosher salt
• 2 Tbs dry sherry*
• 2 Tbs butter
• Sausage fixin's (buns, ketchup, mustard, etc.)

INSTRUCTIONS

Meats

1. In your 15+ year old Weber kettle grill, build a 2-stage fire
2. Place the hot dogs and bratwurst on the hot side and char for 1-2 minutes
3. Flip and char the other side for an additional 1-2 minutes
4. Move to the "cool" side, cover the grill, and walk away. For 5 minutes
5. Return to grill, flip sausages, cover, and walk away for a few more minutes
6. Evacuate sausages to a plate

Sauteed Onions

1. Heat a saucepan to medium high heat
2. Add butter and allow to melt
3. Add onions and sprinkle-on ~1-2 tsp of kosher salt
4. Cover and cook for ~5 minutes
5. Check the onions, they should be softened, but probably not browning - that's fine. Stir, cover, and walk away for another 3-5 minutes
6. Check the onions. They should be beginning to brown. Stir, cover, and return every few minutes, stirring and checking. Drop the heat to medium
7. When the sides of the saucepan are starting to get brown with cooked onion, add 2 Tbs dry sherry and deglaze. This will loosen the brown bits and return those bits of flavor to the onion. Cover and cook for another few minutes.
8. Check the onions, when dark golden color, the onions are done. Evacuate to a bowl and wait for dinner time.

After dinner there were still a few spoonfuls of onions left

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

• Bratwurst + bun + onions + dark mustard. Done.
• Leave the hot dogs for the kids (and the dog - what a lucky dog!)

RECIPE NOTES

• Dry sherry: whenever I reach for the dry sherry in the cupboard, I have to belt-out a rendition of "Dry Sherry" in the style of Journey. Enjoy the nightmares! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te1CVVlaJzA