Again, thanks to Lisa, sausage and lentil casserole has been a staple for quite some time. This week I broke out into new sausage casserole territory with a recipe from the Waitrose website, which is always a fairly good source of ideas.
I really tried to stick to the recipe; however I wasn’t prepared to splash out on baby new potatoes when I have a veg drawer full of muddy old farmers market spuds; and also I didn’t have enough peas when I looked in the freezer, so it had sweetcorn in it too.
It was easy to make, certainly no harder than the sausage and lentil version; and it came out quite gooey and delicious. Pete and Bernard both enjoyed it, and it was all I could do to stop Pete from eating my lunch portion as well. If I make this again, I might completely replace the peas with sweetcorn, and I would certainly stick with the old spuds, which mushed beautifully into the sauce.
http://www.turquoise.me.uk/2010/03/10/pimp-my-menu-curry/ as requested: a comment, for a round up. I hope you are mightily impressed by the lengths to which I went with this one.
Well I was inspired by your pimpage and made an improvised sausage and lentil casserole last night. Toulouse sausages, puy lentils, onion, garlic, stock, tin of tomatoes and any veg lying around needing to be used up. Yesterday it happened to be carrots, tomatoes and a solitary wizened red pepper. Served with pitta to use for scooping and mopping. It was insanely delicious. The sausage-loving boys now only want their sausages served this way. It has immediately risen to the heights of the other family-favourite-improvisation, corned beef stew. Nom nom nom.
Gosh, that sounds sophisticated! It’s true, once the sausage and lentil casserole bug has bitten, there is no going back.