How to make one pot sausage & lentil stew with prunes
Easy and hearty one pot dish. Full of great flavours and some sweetness of a few prunes for good measure!
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STEPS
INGREDIENTS
Assemble your ingredients
Preheat oven to 140 degrees C/285 degrees F/gas mark 1
Heat two tablespoons of oil in a large casserole over a medium to low heat
Add the onions. Let them sweat for 10-15 minutes, stirring regularly
Add the carrots...
Celery, thyme and bay (if using)
Here you go
Cover and sweat for 10 minutes, stir from time to time
Heat a little oil in a frying pan and brown the sausages all over
Add to casserole with the veg
Add the lentils, prunes. Deglaze the frying pan with a drop of the stock, add to casserole
Add the rest of the stock and bring to a simmer. The liquid should just cover everything (you might need to add a splash of water)
Transfer to over (covered) and bake for between 1 hour to 1 hour and a half. Stir halfway through
And here it is (difficult to present to look good but it tasted great)
- 3.0Tbsp Olive oil
- 2.0 Large onions, peeled and sliced
- 2.0 Medium carrots, peeled and sliced on the diagonal
- 2.0 Stems of celery, sliced on the diagonal
- 2.0 Bay leaves (optional)
- 2.0 Sprigs of thyme (optional)
- 8.0 Good quality sausages
- 500.0ml Chicken stock
- 150.0g Puy, green or brown lentils rinsed
- 200.0g Pitted prunes
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper