One-Tray Sausage, Greens and Beans Bake with Rosemary Pesto

Name: One-Tray Sausage, Greens and Beans Bake with Rosemary Pesto
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 tbsp oil or butter; 1 large red onion, roughly sliced into wedges; 200g cherry tomatoes; 400g sausages (can also be veggie); 2 green or yellow courgettes, roughly chopped; 1 lemon, in small wedges; 1 tsp fennel seeds or dried basil; 1 handful of olives, pitted and halved; 3 cans cooked borlotti or other beans; 300g cavolo nero or cabbage, shredded (I like savoy in this); Sea salt and black pepper; Rosemary leaves from 3 sprigs (about 1 heaped tbsp); 2 tsp maple syrup; 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 2 garlic cloves; Roughly 8 nuts, such as walnuts or almonds, or ½2 a handful of sunflower seeds

9 steps

Melissa Hemsley’s Eat Green, p. 144

Updated at: Wed, 06 May 2026 16:43:39 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories882.7 kcal (44%)

Total Fat53 g (76%)

Carbs61.3 g (24%)

Sugars11.1 g (12%)

Protein34 g (68%)

Sodium1613.5 mg (81%)

Fiber25.9 g (92%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

2 Tbspoil

or butter

1red onion

large, roughly sliced into wedges

200gcherry tomatoes

400gsausages

can also be veggie

2green courgettes

or yellow, roughly chopped

1lemon

in small wedges

1 tspfennel seeds

1 handfulolives

300gcavolo nero

or cabbage, shredded, I like savoy in this

sea salt

black pepper

3 sprigsRosemary leaves

2 tspmaple syrup

1 Tbspapple cider vinegar

3 Tbspextra virgin olive oil

2garlic cloves

8nuts

such as walnuts or almonds, or 1/22 a handful of sunflower seeds

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to fan 220°C/Gas mark 9.

Step 2

Place the oil or butter into a large roasting tray or ovenproof dish and heat it in the oven for 2-3 minutes.

Step 3

Bring the tray out of the oven and add the onion, tomatoes, sausages, courgettes. most of the lemon wedges, fennel seeds or dried basil and olives. Season with salt and pepper and toss in the hot oil. Spread everything out in a single layer if there's not enough space, put the sausages on top of everything else and roast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Step 4

Meanwhile, pound the pesto ingredients together in a pestle and mortar or blitz in a

Step 5

food processor. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 6

Remove the trav from the oven and add the beans cavolo nero and baltaf the rost mary pesto. Toss everthing together and return to the oven to roast for a further 10-15 minutes with the sausages on top (the other side up from before, until the

Step 7

sausages are cooked through and golden brown.

Step 8

When the sausages are done, drizzle the remaining pesto over everything and finish by squeezing over the remaining lemon wedges before serving in the tray. This goes

Step 9

really well with a simple green salad.