Substantial Sausage Casserole. Fresh shredded potatoes and onions make the difference in this breakfast casserole. Sausage casserole has never been simpler. This easy sausage casserole recipe combines cannellini beans, plum tomatoes and potatoes into one delicious dish.

The Hairy Bikers' take on sausage casserole makes a wonderfully warming and filling dish, and it freezes brilliantly. Cook a one-pot sausage casserole or cassoulet for a warming midweek meal - and add beans, lentils and vegetables to your stew for extra goodness. This sausage casserole is packed full of flavour, with a mix of warming spices and pieces of chorizo. You can have Substantial Sausage Casserole using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Substantial Sausage Casserole

You need 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
It's 12 of pork sausages.
Prepare 6 rashers of bacon, smoked or unsmoked as you prefer, cut into bite-sized pieces.
Prepare 4 of banana shallots, sliced.
Prepare 2 of red onions, cut into wedges.
You need 4 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced.
You need 200 g of chestnut mushrooms, thickly sliced.
You need 2 sticks of celery, chopped.
Prepare 1 of red pepper, deseeded, cut into 3-4cm strips.
It's 1 of red chili, with seeds, sliced.
You need 2 of carrots, sliced.
It's 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce.
It's 1 of x 400 g tin cannelloni beans.
It's 1 of x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes.
Prepare 2 tbsp of tomato purée.
You need 2 tsp of smoked paprika.
It's 2 tsp of dried oregano.
You need 1 tsp of dried thyme.
Prepare 1 tsp of sugar.
You need 250 ml of chicken stock (I used Knorr stock pot).
You need 150 ml of dry white wine.
It's 2 of bay leaves.
You need of Salt.
You need of Ground black pepper.

It makes a great family winter dinner. Plus it can be make ahead of time too! This is the kind of comfort. Which kind of casserole are you looking for?

Substantial Sausage Casserole step by step

Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 5 or electric equivalent (Circotherm 160).
Prick the sausages with a fork and then brown with 1 tbsp of the oil in a casserole dish on the hob at a medium-high heat. Turn them a few times to get an even colour. Should take 8-10 minutes. Set the sausages aside for Step 6 and keep warm..
Fry the bacon just a few minutes, until just starting to brown but not burnt, and set aside with the sausages ready for Step 6..
Put the remaining oil into the casserole and fry the shallots and red onion for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and fry with the shallots and onions until they are all softened, occasionally stirring but gently..
Stir in the mushrooms, celery, pepper and chili and gently fry for a further 3-4 minutes..
Stir in the remaining ingredients except the liquid and seasoning. Then add the stock, wine and bay leaves. Stir thoroughly and carefully add back the sausages and bacon. Again, thoroughly stir and bring to the boil..
Cover the casserole and transfer it to the pre-heated oven. Cook in in the oven for 45-50 minutes until the sausages are well-cooked, stirring very occasionally. Check the volume of liquid a couple of times and add a little stock if - but only if - necessary to avoid the casserole drying out..
Season to taste (note that salt may well not be necessary given the ingredients but that’s a matter of taste), remove the bay leaves and serve onto warmed plates with your choice of hot accompaniments. A few new potatoes and French beans or peas and maybe a little extra carrot go well..

This easy sausage casserole is seriously tasty! Heat the oil in a shallow casserole, then add the onion and sausages. This hearty sausage casserole is quick to put together and uses baked beans to make it an easy midweek meal. You can make this recipe gluten free by using gluten free sausages, Worcestershire. This sausage casserole is one of those nostalgic dinners from our childhood.