Summer Sausage Skewers

Summer is creeping up on us – and that means lots of things cooked on the grill in my house. I love to put together different combinations of meats and veggies on skewers and let them cook up with minimal effort. These Summer Sausage Skewers have Italian sausage, zucchini, yellow squash, and red onion – perfect for summer dinner in the back yard. I also made a lemon basil aioli for dipping to go along with it

How you put things on your skewers affects how they cook, so you want to take into account the cooking time of each item and then arrange accordingly. I went with putting the squash pieces on flat and the sausages on through the shorter side. This made the skewers roughly the same width and thickness for even cooking.

Making aioli from scratch is really not that hard. It’s essentially making a flavored mayo from scratch – using oil and egg yolks. It is really important that you separate the all of the egg whites out from the yolks before using them. Also, this sauce will start to separate the longer it sits, so just keep mixing it vigorously.

I severed these skewers with Crispy Parmesan Tarragon Potatoes. These were a huge hit at my table – as I was told I didn’t make enough of them! You could serve them with a salad, pasta salad, potato salad – any number of good backyard bbq sides!

Now Let’s Get Cookin’!

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Summer Sausage Skewers

A bright and light summer meal with an easy lemon basil dipping sauce

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword dipping sauce, lemon, lemon basil, Sauce, Sausage, skewers, squash, zucchini

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Equipment

• Skewers

Ingredients

• 10 Italian Sausages cut in thirds
• 1 Red Onion cut into 1-inch squares
• 2 Zucchini cut into ½-inch rounds
• 1 Yellow Squash cut into ½-inch rounds
• 3 tbsp Avocado Oil
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Pepper
• 1 tsp Oregano

For the Dipping Sauce

• ½ cup Fresh Basil roughly chopped
• 1 Lemon zest & juice
• 3 Garlic Cloves minced
• ½ cup Avocado Oil
• 4 Egg Yolks

Instructions

• Prepare all of the ingredients. Preheat grill or grill pan to medium-high.
• In a bowl, combine veggies, salt, pepper, oregano, garlic powder and oil. Toss to coat.
• Build Skewers – alternate veggies and 3 chunks of sausage on each skewer. Once grill or grill pan is hot, begin cooking for 8 minutes on each side.
• In a small bowl, combine aioli ingredients. Blitz with immesion blender until smooth. Place in fridge until ready to serve.
• Serve 1-2 skewers per person with dipping sauce in a small dish.