James Martin's sausage fest

Wednesday 6 May at 3:08pm

James Martin is showing us two ways to cook with a star ingredient - the great British banger!

The first dish is an easy but delicious sausage & bean casserole.

SAUSAGE AND BEAN CASSEROLE

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

25g lard

12 large pork sausages

50g butter

½ onion, peeled and finely diced

3 cloves garlic, peeled and diced

1 glass white wine

2 tomatoes, diced

300g jar or tin of haricot beans, drained

A few sprigs of rosemary

1 small bunch parsley, chopped

A splash of sherry vinegar

Olive oil

Salt and pepper

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200C, gas 6. Heat a large ovenproof frying pan until hot, add the lard and then the sausages and cook for 5 minutes, until nicely browned. Pop in the oven for about 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
Heat a knob of butter with 1 tsp olive oil in another large frying pan. Add the onion, garlic and wine with a splash of water, then add tomatoes, beans and remaining butter and let it bubble for a minute or so.
Add the rosemary and parsley, season, then finish with sherry vinegar
Pile onto plates, top with sausages and drizzle with oil, if desired

LAMB CHILLI DOGS

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

8 lamb sausages

25ml olive oil

For the sauce:

1 tbsp olive oil

600g lamb mince

1 onion, peeled and diced

2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced

200g brown sugar

100ml ketchup

50ml soy sauce

50ml red wine vinegar

2 tbsp chipotle paste

1 small bunch coriander chopped

salt and pepper

To serve:

4 large hot dog buns

8 little gem lettuce leaves

Sour cream

2 tbsp kibbled onions

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200C, gas 6
Heat the oil in a non-stick fry pan. When hot, add the onion and garlic and cook for a few minutes to soften. Add the remaining ingredients for the sauce, bring to the boil then simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, season.
Meanwhile, drizzle the sausages in oil and pop in an ovenproof non-stick frying. Cook for 10 minutes, turning every couple of minutes, then pop in the oven for 5 minutes.
To serve, pop the burger buns onto plates, split, then fill with lettuce. Pile the sausages on top then spoon over the chilli sauce. Top with a drizzle of sour cream then sprinkle over the onions.

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