Recipe: Sausage and roasted veg pie

Thank you, Sue.   http://attheendofasuffolklane.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/stretching-sausages.html

This would work really well with leftovers - just change what you put in it.  It made enough for two but I confess I was really piggy and ate the lot - and enjoyed every mouthful!

It takes a bit of time so worth planning in something else as well to make best use of the oven heat, although, if you're using leftover veg, it will be a lot quicker.

Ingredients

For the base:
two sausages, skinned, or the equivalent amount of sausage meat

For the middle
quarter of an onion, peeled and cut into wedges
three baby corn cut into chunks
quarter of a red pepper, cut into chunks
two mushrooms, quartered
1tsp oil
sprinkle of salt and a grinding of black pepper

and a sauce made of passata, garlic puree, tomato puree, tomato ketchup and a pinch of herbs (I used dried mixed herbs)

For the top
cooked or semi cooked potato, cut into slices
spray oil
a bit of grated cheese (the stronger, the better)

Method
1.  Roast the veg:  turn on the oven to about 160 (fan), throw the veg into a roasting dish, add the oil and the seasoning and mix it all well together, bung it all in the oven and roast it for about 40 mins, turning it now and again.  It should get a little bit charred at the edges.
Then add the tomato sauce but don't drown the veg, just coat them and add a bit more for sauce.
Pop it all back in the oven and give it another ten minutes or so.
Then turn the oven up to about 170/180

Meanwhile:
2.  Push the sausage meat into the bottom of an oiled ovenproof dish.  Slice the potato and season just a little bit.
(I used a bag of four small, blanched potato chunks I found in the freezer when searching for the sausage meat, defrosted them and thinly sliced them)

3.  When the veg is done, tip the lot over the sausage base and spread smooth.  Then lay over the potato, trying to cover the veg but if there isn't quite enough, it's not a problem.  If the potato is cooked, sprinkle over the cheese.  If not, see below.

4.  Place the dish on a baking tray (in case of drips) and bake in the oven for about 30 mins until the sausage meat is cooked (it will be), the potatoes are soft and the cheese is bubbling.
However, if your potatoes were not fully cooked before you added them, spray them with a bit of oil, bake for 30 mins, then sprinkle the cheese on and give it another 15 mins.


There are so many variations to this I won't even start to go through them.  Suffice it to say, this is another that will reappear in my plans only next time I will be less piggy, make it in individual dishes and have some nice veg as well - sprouts would be lovely.  But I DID enjoy it!