Oven Baked Italian Sausage

Oven Baked Italian Sausage

from mangiawithmichele.com
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Oven Baked Italian Sausage is an uncomplicated and tasty recipe for preparing fresh Italian sausages that are perfect in a sub, as a standalone dish, or as a complement to pasta or tomato sauce. Roasting Italian sausage is a mess-free way to yield a beautifully crisp outside and soft, tender inside with little effort in less than 30 minutes!

Ingredients

  • 2 poundsitalian sausage links
  • olive oil (optional)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400˚F and arrange a rack in the center of the oven. (Please see the section above in the blog post for Step-By-Step instructions with photos.)

  2. 2

    Line a sheet pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil.

  3. 3

    Arrange the sausage links in a single layer on the parchment-lined sheet pan with a small amount of space in between each link. If desired, spray the links lightly with some olive oil. This will help to create a more well-browned sausage.

  4. 4

    Place the sausage in the oven and roast for 10 minutes. Then, flip the sausages over and roast another 10-15 minutes. This ensures that both top and bottom of the sausage get caramelized during the cooking process.

  5. 5

    At this point, the sausage will be cooked, but you can also double check, if you would like, using a stem thermometer inserted into the center of one of the sausage links. The sausage is finished cooking when it has reached an internal temperature of 160˚F (for pork sausages) or 165˚F (for turkey or chicken sausages).

  6. 6

    Remove the sausage links from the oven, use tongs to transfer them to a serving platter, and serve immediately. Buon Appetito!