Pork sausages / red cabbage / mashed potatoes - Italy

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 675 g / 1 1/2 lb red cabbage, cut into fine strips
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 450 g / 1 lb mild pork sausages containing no herbs or strong spices

METHOD:

1. Put the garlic and olive oil into a large saute pan, medium heat, cook until garlic is colored
2. Add the cabbage, stir it well 
3. Add salt and pepper and cook uncovered
4. put the sausages in a small frying pan and pierce them in several places with a sharp knife or fork. The fat that spills out of the sausages is all the fat you need.
5. Turn heat to medium and fry until brown all over, then transfer to a plate with a spatula
6. When the cabbage is nearly done - it should be limp but not completely soft - sprinkle with salt and pepper.
7. Add sausages and continue to cook for 20 min.
8. transfer to plate and serve.