Chorizo and pequillo pepper tray bake | from The Borough Market Cookbook
The iconic street sandwich from Brindisa — in tray bake form
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In 2017-2018, I wrote the first official cookbook for Borough Market, snappily titled … The Borough Market Cookbook (Holder and Stoughton, 2018). The recipes are organised by season and focus on showing how easy it is to make good things from good produce. They’re also interspersed with essays and interviews I’d gleaned by chatting to stall holders and business owners, plus essays detailing history of this bustling place.
The recipe below is extracted from The Borough Market Cookbook. Photography credit: Issy Crocker.
This is an homage to Brindisa Ltd.’s legendary chorizo, piquillo pepper and rocket roll; one of the first and still one of the best street foods in contemporary London.
This one-tray sausage dish is rich, piquant and deceptively luxurious. It’s simple to cook, though the specific sausages are essential. These can be found at good market delis and online if you can’t make it to Borough. Also note that the addition of the ingredients to the roasting tin are staggered to ensure everything peaks at the same time.
Here’s the recipe: