Italian sausage with Chilli

Some Sundays when we lived in Brussels, Belgium we would take a leisurely stroll to the open-air market held at Place Flaget (an open community square in Ixelles). Very typical of a French open market, this weekly get-together had a great ambiance and sense of joy de vivre. Between stopping of at a champagne tent for a flute of the best and a few oysters, you could buy wonderful produce from local artisan producers ,including – amongst others - freshly baked bread, cheese and sausages. On discovering this fantastic sausage - in the refrigerator van of an authentic Italian produce merchant - I became an immediate fan. No amount of bribing or charm would persuade him into sharing his recipe (a closely guarded secret) so I had no choice, but to try and replicate one of my own. I think this one is close, but out of respect for his great sausage will never claim it to be the same. Buon appetito