Two Sausage Recipes

Out of necessity comes tasty food. I'm a big fan of the Redwood brand of veggie sausages but as they come in packs of ten whenever I buy them I always have lots left over that I never know what to do with. This week, to use them up, I tried inventing a couple of new sausage recipes with pretty good results. Here they are:


Spicy Sausage Pasta

4 veggie sausages (sliced)
onion (sliced)
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
tin of chopped tomatoes
a dried red chilli (crumbled)
bunch of flat-leaf parsley (chopped)
salt & pepper
200g pasta (I like wholewheat penne)

Start cooking the pasta. Fry the onion & sausage slices till slightly browned. Add the garlic & dried chilli & stir for a minute before adding the chopped tomatoes. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the parsley & season. Combine with the cooked pasta.


Sausage, Bean & Apple Casserole

2 apples (peeled, cored & sliced into wedges)
onion (sliced)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
bunch of sage (chopped)
tin butter beans (drained & rinsed)
5 or 6 veggie sausages (sliced)
big bunch of kale (washed & chopped)
250ml cider (I like the still, cloudy stuff)
200ml stock

Fry the apple wedges in sunflower oil till slightly browned. Put aside & in the same oil fry the sausage slices then add the onion, garlic & sage & a little splash of cider. Cook for 5 minutes. Add the rest of the cider, the kale, butter beans & stock & simmer for 10 minutes. Add the apple slices & season to taste. Serve with crusty bread for mopping up juices.