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Home » Food » Comfort Food for Wintry Days – Hearty Sausage and Lentil Casserole

Comfort Food for Wintry Days – Hearty Sausage and Lentil Casserole

05/06/2020 by Amanda

Icy mornings, cosy fires, and comfort food – that’s winter for me. And my hearty Sausage and Lentil Casserole recipe totally fits the bill!

sausage and lentil casserole, comfort food

When you get up at six in the morning, and see the ice glistening on the cars and grass you know it’s really winter. When you go outside three hours later and still see it there – well then you know it’s totally comfort food weather.

frosty lettuce

My poor lettuces got a dusting of icy frost this morning.

I’ve been embracing the season by cooking plenty of warming braises and casseroles, in Stanley the slow combustion stove, and in one of my newer toys. Last year my daughter stole my old slow cooker when I wasn’t looking, so I went out and bought one of the new multi-cookers – and I’ve been in love with it ever since.

Not at all expensive, these kitchen workhorses slow cook, pressure cook, sauté, cook rice and beans, steam, and also make yoghurt (very nice yoghurt too, as I found out). The sauté function means that it’s a quick and easy task to brown vegetables and meat before putting them on to slow cook, which results in much deeper and more satisfying flavours. (If you’re interested, I bought the Crockpot Express CPE200, which is currently on sale here in Oz for less than $100).

Another recent discovery for me is that it’s possible to freeze cherry tomatoes whole. Who knew? I was given a huge batch of tiny, tiny cherry tomatoes at the end of summer and just threw them into zip lock bags in the freezer. Added to casseroles, they give a fantastic sweet pop of fresh flavour – so much nicer than tinned tomatoes.

sausage and lentil casserole

Not the most handsome dish, but absolutely one of the tastiest.

It was these I had in mind, along with some divine Dirty Inc lentils and some free-range pork sausages, when I came up with this recipe. As far as hearty comfort food goes, lentils and sausages are right up there in the A team, and the flavours in this dish added up to waaay more than the sum of their parts. Like so many of my recipes, this is utterly adaptable so feel free to substitute ingredients – and definitely use tinned tomatoes if you have no fresh ones. No judgement here. 🙂

sausage and lentil casserole, comfort food

Sausage and Lentil Casserole

Amanda McInerney
I made this in my multi-pot, the new darling of my kitchen, but it would be fine cooked on the stove.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 8 hours hrs
Course Main
Cuisine Comfort Food
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • Multi cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 4 rashers bacon, roughly chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 25 mls olive oil
  • 4 medium carrots, sliced into chunks
  • 600 gms pork sausages
  • 300 gms cherry tomatoes
  • 300 gms baby blue lentils, rinsed
  • 700 mls hot chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped rosemary
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh sage
  • 1 good splash of apple cider vinegar
  • 150 gms baby spinach leaves

Instructions
 

  • Turn multi cooker on to 'sautée' function, add the olive oil and allow to heat up.
  • Toss in the onion and bacon and fry until onion is soft and golden.
  • Add the garlic and fry briefly.
  • Add the sausages and fry until browned all over.
  • Add all other ingredients EXCEPT the spinach.
  • Switch multi cooker over to 'slow cook' function, cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.
  • Before serving, add the spinach and stir through to allow it to wilt.
  • Serve alone, or with a big pile of creamy mashed potato and a hearty red wine, and feel wrapped in a hug.
Keyword Lentils, Sausages
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Comments

  1. Gerlinde

    June 06, 2020 at 12:59 pm

    5 stars
    I read your story about Stanley and I am envious. We had a stove like that on our farm in Germany decades ago. Lentils are some of my favorite legumes and I like your soup.

  2. Amanda

    June 06, 2020 at 4:23 pm

    Thanks so much Gerlinde, I’m glad you like it, although I think it’s more of a stew than a soup.

  3. Pauline

    June 11, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    Amanda, I can tell from the ingredients in this casserole that it is absolutely delicious. Sausages and lentils are meant fro each other. Our winters aren’t nearly as cold as yours but comfort food is still very welcome. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe, I know I will love it. Best wishes, Pauline

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