Sausage and Red Pepper Hotpot

Name: Sausage and Red Pepper Hotpot
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 8 spicy pork sausages; 4 rashers smoked bacon, finely chopped; 1 onion, sliced; 1 red pepper, seeds removed and cut into large chunks; 1 large carrot, peeled and diced; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 300ml/½ pint chicken stock; 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato purée; 2 fresh thyme sprigs; 250g/9oz baby new potatoes, skin on, sliced into thick discs; salt and freshly ground black pepper; freshly cooked green vegetables, to serve

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:1h

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:32:44 GMT

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Ingredients

6 servings

1 Tbspsunflower oil

8spicy pork sausages

4 rasherssmoked bacon

seeds removed and cut into large chunks

1carrot

large, peeled and diced

1garlic clove

crushed

300mlchicken stock

400gtin chopped tomatoes

2 Tbspsun-dried tomato purée

2fresh thyme sprigs

250gbaby new potatoes

skin on, sliced into thick discs

salt

freshly ground black pepper

green vegetables

freshly cooked, to serve

Instructions

Step 1

Heat the oil in a large deep frying pan or casserole dish over a high heat. Add the sausages and fry until browned all over. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Step 2

Add the bacon to the pan and fry for a few minutes until crisp; remove and set aside with the sausages.

Step 3

Add the onion, red pepper, carrot and garlic and fry for 5 minutes over a high heat. Add the stock, tomatoes, tomato purée and thyme and bring to the boil. Add the potatoes and season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

Return the bacon and sausages to the pan, cover and simmer over a gentle heat for about 20 minutes. Remove the lid and simmer for another 10 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced a little and the vegetables are tender.

Step 5

Serve with freshly cooked green vegetables