1 lb. Italian sausage, sweet or hot, good quality with fennel spice kept in a ring or rope style
red seedless grapes, 2 to 3 cups, stems removed, rinsed, dried and left whole
sprigs of thyme
olive oil
Instructions
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Skewer your rope of sausage together using 1 skewer through one end and out the other so it stays held together while cooking.
Heat a 10 or 12 inch oven proof skillet, medium high, drizzled with a tiny bit of olive oil on the bottom of the pan.
Add sausage ring and don't move it until it forms a nice deep golden color, then flip it over carefully and continue cooking for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and sprinkle grapes around, be careful not to crowd them in because as they cook they release their juice and if you have too many it becomes too liquidy and all will not caramelize like it should. I would say a good rule of thumb is to leave some space between the placing of your grapes.
Drizzle with olive oil and scatter some fresh thyme leaves around.
Place the whole pan into the oven, uncovered to finish cooking the sausage, ( keep checking for doneness, it depends on thickness) during the process your grapes will wrinkle and begin to release their juices.
Recipe by Proud Italian Cook at https://www.prouditaliancook.com/2017/10/italian-sausage-roasted-together-grapes.html