Gourmet Hot Dog with Sticky Onions and a Basil and Crème Fraîche Dressing

One of the magazines that I frequently read is the South African Food& Home Entertaining.....
Great recipes and wonderful photos.

Have a look here for their Homepage

In the most recent issue I found a recipe for a Gourmet Hot Dog and, looking for an idea for dinner, I instantly decided that I would love to give it a try.

Ingredients

4 Hot Dog Rolls
4 Hot Dog Saussages

Sticky Onions

3 Red Onions, thinly sliced
2 tbsp Brown soft sugar
1 tbsp  Honey
1tbsp dried Chilli Flakes
oil to fry the onions
Salt, freshly ground Black Pepper

Basil Crème fraîche Dressing

150g Crème fraîche
50g Basil leaves
a squeeze of Lemon juice
1tbsp Olive Oil
Salt, freshly ground Black Pepper 

Method

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying

pan over high heat.

Add the onions, sugar, honey, dried

chilli flakes and seasoning. Lower the

heat and slowly cook the onions until

they are soft and sticky, about 20 minutes.

Remove from the heat and set aside.

For the basil Crème fraîche dressing,

put the Crème fraîche, olive oil, lemon juice

basil leaves and seasoning in a blender and blitz until the

basil has been incorporated.

Adjust the seasoning and set aside.

Heat a griddle pan over high heat and

grill the saussages for 5 minutes.

To serve, place a frankfurter in a

crispy heated roll, add a spoonful of

sweet and spicy onions and a good

dollop of basil Crème fraîche dressing.