Braised Polish Sausage

We usually serve this dish at Easter Dinner.

Ingredients:
1 lb uncooked Polish sausage
1 cup of wine (Red or white - depends on your taste and the sausage.)
1 onion
4 cloves of garlic

Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
Slice the onion and sliver the garlic.
Put the sausages in a large pan with a heavy bottom
(preferably one that can go in the oven)
and add a cup of water. Bring it to a boil,
then turn to medium low and cover the pan.
Steam for 15 minutes or until the sausages'
internal temperature registers 160 degrees F.
[This probably isn't necessary i
f you're going to braise them in the oven,
but it's what I did, so I'm documenting it here.]
Drain the water from the pan and take out the sausages.
Slice them in half lengthwise, then crosswise,
so each sausage is now in four pieces.
Put a bit of olive oil in the pan,
now emptied of water, and heat to medium high.
Brown the sausage on all sides.
Brown it well - this is where the principal flavor comes from.
After about five minutes add the garlic
and onion and stir until slightly softened.
If this is the pan that's going to
go in the oven, put in the wine now.
If not, turn off the stove and transfer
the sausages to an oven-safe pan and add the wine.
Cover and put in the oven.
Leave it there for about four hours.
Take it out and serve with rice
or potatoes and a good green salad.