Beef Sausage Hot Dogs With Basil & Lemon Mayonnaise

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 thick beef sausages
• 1/4 cup tomato chutney
• 1/4 cup tasty cheese, grated
• 4 long crispy bread rolls (i recommend ciabatta)
• 1 tomato, halved, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cucumber, peeled if your cucumber is not a thin-skinned variety, thinly sliced (optional)
• baby spinach leaves, to serve
• sea salt, to taste (optional)
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste (optional)
• basil, &
• 1/2 cup whole egg mayonnaise
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest, finely grated
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, finely chopped
• sea salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 to make the basil & lemon mayonnaise, place all the ingredients in a small bowl and stir until they are well-combined; set aside while you cook the sausages.
• 2 cook the sausages under a medium to hot grill, turning occasionally, until they have browned all over and are cooked right through, or if it's summer and you have a bbq, bung them on the barbie (aussie for "put them on the barbecue").
• 3 cut lengthways slits in the sausages, three-quarters of the way through; divide the chutney evenly among the sausages (in the slits) and sprinkle the grated cheese on top of the chutney.
• 4 return the sausages to the grill (or the barbie) and cook them for a further 2 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
• 5 cut the rolls lengthways in half, being careful not to cut them all the way through; spread the cut sides with the basil & lemon mayonnaise; divide the tomato slices (and cucumber slices if you're using cucumber) between the rolls; add the optional salt and pepper (if using) on the tomato (and cucumber) slices, sausages and baby spinach leaves evenly between the rolls; and serve.