Sausages. Cooking Methods...

[Chipchopper]

Fry, grill or oven ?
I expect frying is the best way but what ever way, they always seem to make a lot of mess to clear up afterwards, so is there a way around this ?

I always go for a good quality banger, when I do buy them but I'm never really sure if I should prick them before, during cooking or not at all.

[Boto]

How long do you cook sausages in the oven? Fancy some tonight now so just thinking about timings for the potatoes etc.

[Chipchopper]

To all those sausage fans out there.
I was given a gift of brown sauce by my brother (from the Adnams brewery shop) I've tried many others,all very good but this one was excellent and the best one I've tasted to date!
A perfect acomplement, my only complaint was getting it out of the bottle and onto the plate, but I can live with that.

[masterchef]

I find that the frying fat or oil tends to spit through the anti spatter screens so I place a sheet of kitchen paper on top of the screen to absorb the fat. To stop the paper floating off in any breeze I weigh it down with something heavy like a large piece of steel cutlery. I cook on an electric hob but do be careful if you use gas not to catch the paper alight in the flame.

[EDDIE51]

Around 20 mins in a preheated hot oven on a flat tray. The fat comes off the sausages and they cook in the fat very much like frying but easier . Turn them over 1/2 way through.
More time for very thick sausages,some thin ones may cook in just 10 mins you have to check until you get to know the timing.
Take them out of the tray and drain them on kitchen paper for a few seconds to get rid of excess fat.
You can't tell them from fried if you cook them at a high enough temperature 200 to 220 deg C flat on a tray.