Vegan Sausage Casserole
A rich and tasty vegan sausage casserole with herbs and beans. Filling and warming this is a great Winter warmer.
Servings 4
Calories 410kcal
Ingredients
- 1 large onion (280g) sliced
- 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 2 Romano peppers (long sweet peppers) sliced widthways, pith and seeds removed
- ¼ teaspoon dried red chilli flakes
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 level tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
- 2 fat cloves of garlic minced
- 50 ml vegan red wine optional
- 2 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
- 80 ml water
- 1 400g tin of butter beans drained and rinsed in cold water
- A small bunch of fresh thyme
- 1 large dried bay leaf
- 6 vegan sausages I used Cauldron's vegan sausages
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper + more for serving
- A tablespoon flat leaf parsley
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large saute pan or casserole dish. Add the onion plus ¼ teaspoon of sea salt and cook over a low heat for about 20 minutes stirring regularly until they are soft and golden.
- Turn up the heat to medium then add the chilli flakes, smoked paprika and rosemary and cook for a minute, then add the garlic, cook for another minute.Pour the wine, if using, into the pan and stir well until the wine has reduced fully then pour in the tins of tomatoes. Add some water to the empty tins, give them a little swirl then pour it into the pan as well.
- Now add the peppers, beans, thyme, bay leaf salt and pepper. Stir well then cover with a lid, turn down the heat a little and leave to simmer for about 10 minutes.
- While the sauce is simmering cook the sausages in a little olive oil, you can grill or fry them it's up to you I fry them.Once they are cooked remove from the pan and pat dry with some kitchen paper. Cut the sausages in half.
- Remove the lid from the pan then add the sausages to the tomato and bean sauce. Check the seasoning. Turn up the heat to medium then leave the sauce to reduce for about 10 minutes. Add the parsley just before you serve it.
- Serve immediately with mashed potatoes or creamy polenta.
Notes
- Calories are approximate and do not include mash potatoes or other sides.
- I used 6 sausages cut in half to make this if your sausages are small I would use 8.
- I don't recommend freezing this as the sausages have already been frozen.
- The sauce can be made up to a day ahead, you can also freeze the sauce without the sausages as you would freeze a soup.
- If you are serving this to children you may wish to omit the red wine.
- The spiciness of a meal is very much dependent on individual tastes if you like your food hot add more chilli flakes if you're not keen on heat al all just omit the chilli flakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 410kcal