Both of these sausage-based delights are great for a gathering, can be prepared in advance and go really, really well with ice-cold beers. God bless the sausage. Whether your team is winning, losing, embarrassing or delighting, everyone will consider you the Cristiano Ronaldo of half-time snacks if you bang either of these out. The prawn and sausage toasts can be made in advance and kept in the fridge with greaseproof paper between the slices, then you just need to fry them when you want them. Similarly with the hotdogs: prep everything in advance, then, when the whistle goes, boil the sausages, steam the buns and get stuck in.Reuben(esque) hot dogs (pictured top)I own a brilliant one, but Katz’s Deli in New York is surely everyone’s desert island sandwich shop. This hot dog is a little piece of heaven, and is eaten at my house quite often while we sit around reminiscing about Katz’s extraordinary sarnies. Your local Polish shop (or mine, at least) is a great place to get less industrial (sometimes even raw or old-smoked) hot dog-appropriate sausages – much better than you might get in the supermarket.Prep 10 min
Cook 20 min
Makes 22 thumb-thick smoked sausages, such as kielbasa myśliwska or frankfurters2 hot dog buns of your choice, split open lengthways 1 pinch caraway seeds
