Sausage with Tomato and Pepper

1. In a pan, sauté 2 long green peppers in half a tea glass (about 50 ml / 3 tbsp + 1 tsp) of vegetable oil. Add 3 peeled and diced tomatoes on top. Add 1 dessert spoon (about 2 tsp) of salt and remove from heat once the tomatoes are cooked.
2. Rinse 4-5 sausages, slice them into rounds, and cook in a separate pan with a little oil until browned. Pour the prepared tomato mixture over them. Add 1 teaspoon of salça (Turkish tomato/pepper paste) and 1 tablespoon of water, stir everything together, and cook for 2 more minutes.

About This Recipe

The reason why the Ottoman Sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet banned tomatoes has only recently come to light. A secret incident was discovered through the reading of a manuscript found in Topkapı Palace. Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han was known for his fondness for tomatoes. Learning this, Byzantine collaborators secretly grew an abundance of tomatoes in the Iznik region. Before bringing these specially grown tomatoes to Istanbul, they filled them with a poison known as hemlock. While the tomatoes were being prepared as a gift to the Sultan, the chief food taster Abbas Agha began to slice them. The poison inside the tomato entered Abbas Agha's bloodstream through a cut on his hand, and Abbas Agha passed away in agony before everyone's eyes. Upon learning of the incident, Sultan Mehmet Han immediately issued an imperial decree banning the planting and cultivation of tomatoes throughout all the lands under his rule. The ban on tomatoes was lifted exactly 280 years after this event. This lifting of the ban came about thanks to the efforts of İbrahim Müteferrika, who introduced the printing press. From that day on, the tomato has continued to hold its place on today's tables.

Street-Style Sausage is something almost everyone loves :) Today we have prepared something a little different for you — welcome to the kitchen for our Sausage with Tomato and Pepper recipe. Bon appétit in advance...