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London Caff Sausage Sandwich with HP

Name: London Caff Sausage Sandwich with HP
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian British
Ingredients: 4 thick pork sausages; 4 slices thick-cut white bread; 30 g salted butter; 3 tbsp hp sauce; 1 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 medium brown onion; 1 pinch Fine sea salt; 1 pinch Coarse black pepper

Thick, juicy pork sausages split and fried until crisp, piled into heavily buttered white doorstop bread with sweet fried onions and tangy HP sauce.

🇬🇧United Kingdom· London

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
Total: 25 min
Servings: 2
Difficulty: Easy
Calories: 580 kcal

Ingredients

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Servings

4 thick pork sausages — high-welfare British pork bangers
4 slices thick-cut white bread — soft tin loaf or bloomer doorstops
30 g salted butter — softened at room temperature
3 tbsp hp sauce — classic British brown sauce
1 tbsp Vegetable oil — for shallow frying
1 medium brown onion — thinly sliced
1 pinch Fine sea salt — for the onions
1 pinch Coarse black pepper — freshly cracked

Equipment

•Frying pan
•Tongs
•Bread knife
•Chopping board

Nutrition

Per serving, approximate

Calories: 580 kcal
fat: 30 g
carbs: 56 g
fibre: 3 g
protein: 22 g
calories: 580 kcal

Instructions

1
Heat vegetable oil in a large frying pan over medium-low heat.
2
Add pork sausages and fry slowly for 12 minutes, turning frequently until evenly golden brown.
3
Add the sliced onion to the pan with a pinch of salt, stirring gently in the sausage fat.
4
Cook onions for 5 minutes until soft, sweet, and lightly browned around the edges.
5
Transfer sausages to a chopping board and split each lengthwise down the centre to butterfly (slice open flat).
6
Return the butterflied sausages cut-side down to the pan for 1 minute to crisp the inner meat.
7
Spread softened butter generously across all four slices of soft white bread right to the crusts.
8
Place four sausage halves flat onto two buttered bread bases.
9
Spoon the soft fried onions over the hot sausages and season with cracked black pepper.
10
Squeeze a generous ribbon of HP sauce across the hot filling.
11
Top with remaining bread slices, press down firmly with your hand, and slice cleanly in half.

Chef's tips

Splitting the sausages lengthwise before finishing ensures they sit flat in the bread and stay hot. Use soft, un-toasted white bread so the melting butter soaks in with the warm sausage juices and brown sauce. Never rush the sausages on high heat or the skins will burst before the centres cook.

Ingredient substitutions

HP Sauce → tomato ketchup or English mustard
salted butter → plant-based spread for dairy intolerance
thick-cut white bread → crusty white baps or soft sandwich rolls

Storage

Best enjoyed immediately fresh from the pan; assemble only when ready to eat.

Reheating

Reheat leftover cooked sausages thoroughly in a dry frying pan over medium heat before assembling into fresh bread.

Common mistakes to avoid

•Toasting the bread, which creates an overly rigid sandwich rather than the traditional soft caff bite.
•Cooking sausages over excessive heat, causing split skins and undercooked pork centres.
•Skimping on the butter, which prevents the classic barrier against the tangy brown sauce.