Sausage casserole

Sausage casserole for veggies and meat eaters alike - made deliciously tasty using some Spicy Ragu mix … a bit hotter than you might think, so go carefully.

Olive oil
Onions
Garlic
Sausages - meaty and veggie
Mushrooms
Courgette
Spicy Ragu mix
Wholegrain mustard
Tin chopped tomatoes

1.  Sautee chopped onion and garlic in olive oil, in two separate pans - one for the veggie and one for the meaty.
2.  Add the sausages to the appropriate pans and brown.  Give them a few minutes, then turn them, so that they are brown on all sides.
3.  Add chopped veg to the browned sausages, then add a couple of teaspoons of spicy ragu mix and a teaspoon of mustard.
4.  Stir in, then add a tin of chopped tomatoes and the same of water to each pan.
5.  Simmer for about 20-30 minutes until the sauce is thickened and the sausages are cooked through.
6.  Serve, with whatever, we had boiled new potatoes and some had grated cheese on top, scoff.

Spaghetti and spicy meatballs

Bargain spicy sausages, some veg and tomatoes - pan of spaghetti - and cheap and cheerful dinner.  Quite easy, which is just as well, because we're both stiff and tired after faffing in the garden for much of the afternoon.  So, chopped and sauteed in olive oil - onion, celery, green pepper and some mushrooms.  Took 6 spicy (paprika and stuff) sausages from their skins and shaped into meatballs.   Fried these off with the veg for a few minutes (pushed veg to sides of pan, browned meatballs off a bit) - added 2 x tins chopped tomatoes, garlic, salt and pepper, red wine and about a mug of stock.  Simmered for 20 minutes(ish).  Meanwhile, boiled spaghetti in salted water for 8 minutes.  Test - drain when al dente - mix pasta and sauce together and scoff.  Delish.  4 pots left for kitchen fairies.

National sausage week: day 4: butter bean ricey stuff - with a sausage and parmesan garnish

OK - so, not everyone wanted sausages again.  The solution was to make a nice vegetable ricey stuff (could call it paella if it had been more spanish) and cook sausages separately, then serve it all (with or without sausages) with a goodly sprinkling of grated parmesan.  Ricey stuff - onion, red pepper, romanesco sauteed in olive oil for a few minutes, then added rice and garilc, and some spicey seasonning (greekish, in this case) - then stock, a bit at a time as rice is cooking.  After about 15 minutes add frozen peas and buttter beans - adding stock to keep moist throughout.  When rice is nearly cooked (about 20 mins - but tase it) ... and sauce is nearly absorbed, pull off the heat and leave to rest for 5 minutes.  Serve - with, or without, grilled sausages, black pepper and grated parmesan.

British sausage week: day 3: sausage minestrone

Made by victim!! In the most part. We added some tweeks together at the end.  Contains sausage, carrot, salsify, potato, mushroom, mustard, sock ... simmer - then add tin tomatoes, tomato puree, pasta and cavolo nero - simmer again for a least 30 minutes.

British Sausage Week: Day 1: Halloween Spicy Sausage Casserole

Grill chipolata sausages until browned. Chop and saute vegetables - leek, red pepper, courgette and pumpkin (see what I did there? for Halloween?) in olive oil - until soft.  Add sprinkle of mixed herbs and 2 minced cloves of garlic.  When soft add chicken stock, sausages and tin of tomatoes - add hot Cajun sauce, chili, marmite and season to taste.  Simmer for 30mins or so, making sure there is enough sauce.  Scoff with basmati rice.  Very tasty.