Red Wine & Cheese Italian Sausage
Cooking Directions
- Preheat grill to medium-low.
- Add sausage.
- Cooked, covered, for 15-20 minutes or until sausage is browned and the internal temperature is 160F, turning links often.


- Spray a skillet with cooking spray.
- Add sausage.
- Cook over medium-high heat until browned, about 5 minutes, turning links often.
- Reduce heat to medium-low.
- Carefully add ½ cup water to skillet.
- Cover and simmer for 12 minutes or until sausage internal temperature reaches 160°F.
- Thaw product prior to cooking.
- Using nylon tongs (never a fork), carefully place uncooked refrigerated sausage into positions on the bottom grill plate. The grill accommodates from one (1) to five (5) sausage links. The center position (#1) must always be filled with a sausage link.
- Close grill cover over sausage links. The temperature probe in the top center position will insert into the center sausage link as the grill cover is closed.
- Push in latch on grill handle until it "clicks" to secure the grill cover closed.
- Press the start button to turn the grill on. Start button red light will illuminate. Typical cook time for refrigerated, uncooked Johnsonville dinner sausage is 10-15 minutes.
- The grill will signal with four short beeps and automatically shut off when the sausage reaches doneness temperature.
- Thaw product prior to cooking.
- Place sausage in a single layer in multi-cooker insert. Select “Sauté” setting. Sauté sausage until browned, about 6 minutes, turning links often.
- Carefully add ½ cup water.
- Lock pressure cooker lid and close vent; select “Egg” setting.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes. Carefully release pressure and remove lid.
- Sausage is fully cooked when the internal temperature is at least 160°F. Use a meat thermometer to ensure sausage is fully cooked.
- Thaw product prior to cooking.
- Preheat air fryer to 390°F. Place sausage in a single layer in air fryer basket.
- Cook for 9-11 minutes until sausage is browned and the internal temperature is 160°F, turning once. Use a meat thermometer to ensure sausage is fully cooked.
Ingredients
Always refer to the package label for the most current ingredient and nutritional information. Pork, mozzarella/American/parmesan pasteurized process cheese product (pasteurized process cheese product [low moisture part-skim mozzarella and other natural cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, cream, sodium phosphate, contains 2% or less of: butter, salt, lactic acid, sugar, glutamic acid, natural flavors, xanthan gum, sorbic acid], potato starch and powdered cellulose, natamycin), water, corn syrup, and less than 2% of the following: dextrose, salt, red wine, spices including paprika, red wine powder (red wine, maltodextrin), natural flavors, BHA, propyl gallate, citric acid. Contains Milk.