Sausage, pepper and lentil casserole – recipe
I’ve been steadily getting more ‘into’ cooking lately – rather than it be a end-of-day chore I try to find some interesting and fun things to cook, especially on lazy Sundays. I have a chunky folder full of recipe clippings from magazines, and most of the things on my Christmas list are kitchen accessories! Being a vegetarian you often have to be a bit more creative with cooking so I’ve been using lots of pulses and seasonal vegetables lately, and I’m a big fan of herbs and spices to add flavour.
I’ve been photographing some of my creations for a while, mostly to remind myself what I made, and thought I’d start writing up some recipes in case anyone else wanted to try them out, too. Here’s the first, a spicy lentil and sausage casserole, perfect for winter nights.
Sausage and lentil casserole
Ingredients
Serves 2 with leftovers
- 4 veggie sausages – I used 2 sundried tomato ones and 2 leek and cheese ones (you could use meat ones too, I suppose)
- Tin of puy lentils (I used Merchant Gourmet)
- Tin of plum tomatoes
- 2 sweet pointed red peppers
- 1 red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- Oregano, thyme, paprika, dried chilli flakes
- Spoonful of pesto (I used a delice from Brussels but sundried tomato pesto would be good)
- Teaspoon of wholegrain mustard
Method
Chop the onion and slice the peppers into rings. Fry in olive oil until starting to go soft, add half a teaspoon of each of the herbs and spices and a crushed garlic clove. Chop the sausages into inch chunks and add to the pan, frying until browned. Add the tomatoes, lentils and pesto and bubble away, covered, on a low heat for half an hour or so (or you could pop it into the oven, if you have a casserole dish). Stir in the mustard and serve with salad and bread.
Comments (9)
Milly
November 30th 2009 at 4:28 pm
Looks ace, will try it tonight..
bee
November 30th 2009 at 10:37 pm
that looks seriously yummy! will try v soon.
also i seem to remember you taking a trip to amsterdam some time this year? could you recommend the place you were staying or a particular area to stay in? we're currently booking a trip for february after 2 years of wanting!
thanks!
Hannah
November 30th 2009 at 11:08 pm
This is exactly what im doing on my blog :D its a great way to keep you motivated with trying new meals! so awesome, I can now get some new veggy recipes from you! you are right – we have to be so much more creative! This looks amazing I will definitely be trying it out soon! x
evie s.
December 1st 2009 at 2:25 am
This looks and sounds so yummy! Thanks for posting!
Milly
December 1st 2009 at 4:10 pm
I made it, twas yummy but seemed to make enough for 4! And the cheese & keel sausages seemed to disintegrate into the casserole but it didnt matter much!
Milly
December 1st 2009 at 4:10 pm
keel?! leek!
Pippa Jameson
December 1st 2009 at 4:41 pm
Hi Katie,
Good to meet you at the weekend and love the Blog!
Pippa x
rainkillsvix
December 5th 2009 at 10:41 am
this looks so delish, i'm definitely going to try it! i usually never bother with herbs (too lazy) but i will follow your receipe & give them a whirl, for sure.
Anonymous
December 11th 2010 at 2:27 pm
Any thoughts on how you do this in a slow cooker?