Winter Warming Sausage Casserole

Added on Tue Sep 25 2007

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This is one my Mum always used to make in the winter - great as Scotland can get to cold and this warms you up from the inside out and really fills you up. She always prefered to make it with the creamof mushroom soup (she hates tomatoes) however I p Read More

" A great autumn and winter warmer. Make with good quality plain sausages and a floury potato for the best results. "

The Basics

Dish: Main Course
cuisine: Other
Serves: 4-6
Prep Time: 0hrs 25 mins
Cooking Time: 1hrs 0 mins

Ingredients

500g Pork Sausages
pinch salt/pepper
225g chopped canned tomatoes
9 Tbsp Dry stuffing mix
2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
1 Egg (beaten)
750g Floury Potatoes
3 Celery Stalks Chopped
2 Large Onions (Sliced)
25g Butter
25g melted butter

Method

1. Melt marg in frying pan and add the onions and celery. Cook on moderate heat for 10-15 mins until softened but not coloured. With a slotted spoon remove and place in a layer in bottom of casserole dish with a lid
2. Put potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water. Cover and bring to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for 5 mins
3. Meanwhile score along sides of each sausage and pull away the skins.
4. Heat oven to 190 C / 375 F / Gas 5.
5. Drain potatoes and leave to cool to handle
6. Roll sausages in beaten egg then in dry stuffing, ensuring they are coated thoroughly
7. Pour oil into remaining fat in frying pan, add sausage and fry for 10 minutes turning to ensure sausages are evenly cooked
8. While cooking the sausages cut potatoes into 5mm slices
9. Arrange browned sausages over the cooked
vegetable mix in the casserole dish. Break the tomatoes up in the can and pour over,
sprinkle with salt and pepper
10. Arrange the potatoes overlapping and cover.
11. cook for 1 hour
12. Heat grill, remove casserole lid and brush potatoes with the melted butter, brown for 2-3 mins - serve!

You can replace the canned tomatoes with cream of mushroom soup for a different flavour.