Sosiski s makaronamiFrankfurters with buttered pasta
Sosiski s makaronami is the dinner every Russian child knows, from Soviet school canteens to tired weeknights in Moscow flats today: plump boiled frankfurters, usually pork or pork and beef, beside a heap of buttered pasta with a squeeze of ketchup or a dab of sharp mustard. It is plain, warm and ready in a quarter of an hour. The common mistake is boiling the sausages hard, which splits the skins and washes out their flavour. Chef's tip: toss the drained pasta in the butter over a low heat for a minute so it turns glossy and slightly toasty, the way Russian grandmothers do it.



