Hitched sausage casserole recipe...

I think this might be it? Can't think why else I have a sausage casserole recipe saved to file. ?

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
8 sausages (i use chorizo ones)
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tbsps plain flour
900ml chicken stock
3 tbsps brown sugar
2 tbsps tomato puree
2 tbsps balsamic vinegar
200g puy lentils
100g dried cranberries
2 bay leaves
salt and pepper

1. preheat slow cooker. heat oil in frying pan, fry sausages until browned. transfer to plate.

2. add onion to pan and fry until lightly browned, add garlic abd flour, stir in stock, sugar, tomato puree and vinegar, season and bring to boil

3. bung it all in slow cooker with lentils and bay leaves and stir. cook on low for 6-7 hours, serve with warm crusty bread.

Fab, thank you!

Mmmm.. I've not cooked that for ages. It's Mr Rusty's favourite! Yum yum!

<requests credit in case she s considered for 'domestic goddess' award .... 3rd year lucky eh?>

Well the actual liquid is still liquidy bit most of it is absorbed....

thanks for your vote ?

Can I ask what the cranberries add to the flavour? Im not sure about them, can you do it without?

They do add flavour and suck up liquid, do it without add a bit less liquid

Is it a sweetness they add? I can't work out in my head what it would taste like!

They don't taste as sharp as they do normally but they add a sweetness with a bit of sharpness. work well with a psicy chorizo sausage - could probably do without with standard pork sausages

That makes sense, thank you ?

Although Legless' recipe is fab and I have made it several times before, when I asked the other day I was out of several of the ingredients and couldn't get out to the shop as my car was at the garage.

I found this recipe on the net and it was truly lush and so bloomin easy and used ingredients most people would have in the cupboard - so if you fancy something different.....

8 Sausages

Chopped onion

2 Cloves of garlic, chopped

1 tin of baked beans

1 tin of tomatoes

streaky smoked bacon (i used a whole pack as it needed eating but you could use less!)

500ml beef stock

1 glass of red wine

fresh thyme

approx 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley

bread crumbs - approx 2 slices worth

Firstly pre cook the sausages, chop into pieces and set aside

Fry off the onion and garlic and then add the bacon

Once bacon is cooked through add the sausage pieces

add the stock, beans, tomatos, wine and 2 sprigs of fresh thyme (guess dried would work aswell). Season to taste

leave to simmer for 10 mins or so

pur into casserole dish, scatter breadcrumbs on top (I also added a bit of grated cheese!) and bake in oven for another 10 mins.

Lovely!