Upside-Down Sausage-Apple Cornbread

DIRECTIONS

• Grease bottom and sides of a 8" or 9" square baking pan.
• Brown the sausages in a medium skillet over moderately high heat, rotating them until browned and cooked through.
• Remove the sausage and discard all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings.
• Add butter and brown sugar to the pan.
• Heat, stirring until sugar is melted.
• Add apples and saute them over moderate heat, turning occasionally, until soft (about 10 min).
• Arrange sausages in rows across the prepared pan.
• Insert the apple slices, round side down, between the sausages, wedging them in tightly.
• Pour over juices from the skillet (the pan can be covered and refrigerated overnight at this point, if desired).
• Bring to room temperature before proceeding.
• Preheat oven to 400°F
• To make cornbread, stir together the flour, cornmeal, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Add the egg, melted butter and milk.
• Stir with a wooden spoon until well combined.
• Pour the batter over the sausage and apples, smoothing the top to cover well.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean.
• Remove from oven.
• Immediately invert onto a serving dish.
• Cut into squares and serve.