Scrumpy Sausage Casserole
Perfect comfort food. We went to somerset for a week's holiday. I picked up some local scrumpy cider and good quality sausage and this idea came to mind. It's great served with crusty bread and butter. Make sure you get good quality pork sausage, at least 70% pork content. Pork and apple sausages, pork and onion are also good. I've said that this recipe will serve 2, but I would imagine it would easily serve 4 if you upped the quantity of veg a little, and had some bread. We are just greedy!
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pork Sausage | 100g cooked | 301 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Cider | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 6 good quality pork sausages
- 2 medium to large carrots (chopped about half an inch thick)
- 2 large potatoes (chopped into 2 inch cubes)
- 1/2 leek (chopped thinly)
- 1 regular eating apple (chopped about half inch thick)
- 1 large onion (finely diced)
- 1 tbsp flour (or more to make thicker)
- 1 tsp dried thyme, or mixed herbs
- 1 tsp mustard (preferably wholegrain)
- 200ml chicken stock (from a cube is fine)
- 200ml medium or dry cider
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Vegetable oil