Cocktail Sausages in Tomato Sauce

• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ pound

Fry the onion in butter until soft but not brown. Add the sausages and fry them until browned on all sides. Then transfer the sausages to a chafing dish to keep warm, leaving the onions and butter in the pan.

Stir the tomato puree into the onions and butter. Add the beef stock, salt, black pepper and cayenne. Then stir in the vodka. Return the sausages to the pan and heat them gently fo