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Grilled Italian Sausage With Fennel Salad

sausage dish on plate on wooden surface with side dish of fennel salad with spoons
Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Caroline Hwang, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime

A few skewers and a hot grill turn this short list of ingredients into a quick, punchy meal. Italian sausage links or a long coil work equally well; I like to thread four links together onto a few skewers so I only have to flip one self-contained batch. As for the built-in side dish, cutting the fennel before threading the slabs onto skewers means you’ll get great grill marks on each piece, imparting a ton of smoky, toasty flavor. Collect and thinly slice any pieces of fennel that fall off while you’re prepping the slabs to add some raw notes to the vegetable component, made complete with buttery Castelvetranos and peppy pickled Peppadews. —Kendra Vaculin

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