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Substantial Sausage Casserole

Name: How to cook Substantial Sausage Casserole - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

John A

Substantial Sausage Casserole

Despite having several ingredients, this is very straightforward, wholesome autumn comfort grub. By substituting veggie sausages and omitting the bacon, a plant-based alternative is easily prepared but that’d obviously alter the taste.#mycookbook

Ingredient

Food ration :

6 servings

Cooking time :

85-95 minutes including prep

2 tbsp

vegetable oil

pork sausages

6 rashers

bacon, smoked or unsmoked as you prefer, cut into bite-sized pieces

banana shallots, sliced

red onions, cut into wedges

4 cloves

garlic, thinly sliced

200 g

chestnut mushrooms, thickly sliced

2 sticks

celery, chopped

red pepper, deseeded, cut into 3-4cm strips

red chili, with seeds, sliced

carrots, sliced

1 tbsp

Worcestershire sauce

x 400 g tin cannellini beans

x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes

2 tbsp

tomato purée

2 tsp

smoked paprika

2 tsp

dried oregano

1 tsp

dried thyme

1 tsp

sugar

250 ml

chicken stock (I used Knorr stock pot)

150 ml

dry white wine

bay leaves

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 5 or electric equivalent (Circotherm 160)

* Step 2

Prick the sausages with a fork and then brown with 1 tbsp of the oil in a casserole dish on the hob at a medium-high heat. Turn them a few times to get an even colour. Should take 8-10 minutes. Set the sausages aside for Step 6 and keep warm.

* Step 3

Fry the bacon just a few minutes, until just starting to brown but not burnt, and set aside with the sausages ready for Step 6.

* Step 4

Put the remaining oil into the casserole and fry the shallots and red onion for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and fry with the shallots and onions until they are all softened, occasionally stirring but gently.

* Step 5

Stir in the mushrooms, celery, pepper and chili and gently fry for a further 3-4 minutes.

* Step 6

Stir in the remaining ingredients except the liquid and seasoning. Then add the stock, wine and bay leaves. Stir thoroughly and carefully add back the sausages and bacon. Again, thoroughly stir and bring to the boil.

* Step 7

Cover the casserole and transfer it to the pre-heated oven. Cook in in the oven for 45-50 minutes until the sausages are well-cooked, stirring very occasionally. Check the volume of liquid a couple of times and add a little stock if - but only if - necessary to avoid the casserole drying out.

* Step 8

Season to taste (note that salt may well not be necessary given the ingredients but that’s a matter of taste), remove the bay leaves and serve onto warmed plates with your choice of hot accompaniments. A few new potatoes and French beans or peas and maybe a little extra carrot go well.

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