Sausage casserole with garlic toasts

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Smarten up sausages and sneak in a few vital veggies too with this comforting midweek meal

Prep:5 mins
Cook:40 mins

Serves 4
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 568
fat 18g
saturates 7g
carbs 78g
sugars 19g
fibre 6g
protein 28g
salt 4.24g

Ingredients

8 reduced-fat sausages
1 yellow pepper, deseeded and chopped
4 red onions, cut into wedges
400g can chopped tomatoes
250ml vegetable stock
1 tbsp x 20g pack basil (use the rest in the toasts)

Tip

Freezing sausages
Sausages will freeze for 1 month – defrost, cover and reheat in a medium oven for 20-30 mins. Garlic and basil toasts
Cut a 400g bloomer loaf into 8 slices. Mix together 25g low-fat cream cheese, 1 tbsp butter, 2 crushed garlic cloves and 1?2 x 20g pack basil, roughly chopped. Lightly toast the bread on both sides, then spread one side with the herby mix and grill briefly until melted and golden.

Method

Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Put the sausages, pepper and onion into a roasting tin, then roast for 20 mins.
Lower oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6, then tip tomatoes and stock over the sausages. Add sugar and most of the basil, season, then stir well. Roast for another 20 mins. Serve with garlic toasts, recipe below, sprinkled with the remaining basil.