Spiced Sausage, Roasted Vegetable and Cannelini Bean Traybake ( Gluten-Free, Dairy Free)
GLUTEN FREE II DAIRY FREE II SESAME FREE II EGG FREE II FISH FREE II SHELLFISH FREE II NUT FREE II SOY FREE
If you're looking for delicious autumnal comfort food, THIS IS IT!!!! Free range organic sausages with cannellini beans, Maris piper potatoes, Chinese 5 spice and cumin make this easy traybake irresistible.
It’s perfect for bonfire night, too. You could serve this with some homemade gravy.
The chicken stock I used made the potatoes burst with flavour as it soaked up the juices and made them gorgeous and fluffy.
Enjoy darlings!!
Notes on ingredients & substitutions
Sausages
These are the hero of the dish, the main and best part. Please buy the best quality sausages you can afford. I bought mine from Waitrose, or I would pop to my local organic butchers. The ones I used were just plain pork. However, some great flavoured sausages are available, so try something different. Flavoured sausages would be fantastic for this recipe. Check the sausages you buy are gluten-free.
NB: For those with a soy allergy, animals fed soy won't be suitable. In that case, always look for meat that is grass-fed or grass-finished, as most animals are fed soy, which is also genetically modified. If you are in the UK, take a look at the ethical butcher; they do not use soy to feed their cattle.
Cannellini beans
Please use either tinned or pre-soaked and boiled beans. I used tinned.
Cavolo nero
If you haven’t tried cavelo nero, you absolutely must. Cavolo nero is the king of kale, with tender, dark green leaves that have a strong flavour .Cavolo nero is curly kale’s tall, dark Italian cousin. Originally hailing from Tuscany, this black kale, or black cabbage as it is sometimes known, is rich in vitamins and iron. You can buy them in most supermarkets. I buy mine from either Waitrose or my local farm shop.
Potatoes
This recipe requires a floury potato like king Edward or Maris pipers.
Chicken stock
I make my own batch of chicken bone broth regularly and keep this in the freezer for when I need to make soups or need fresh stock. I have an intolerance to yeast and most stocks, unfortunately, have added yeast extract!! Yes, I know. Don’t get me started. It’s so annoying!! You can find the recipe for my bone broth here. If you don’t have issues with yeast but need gluten-free, dairy-free stock, then try Kallo, or marigold stocks.
Spices
I used Chinese 5 spice and cumin. However, you could use fajita seasoning, bbq seasoning, jerk seasoning or dried herbs instead. Cooking is about experimenting with flavours so go get your shimmy on and bring out your inner Nigella!
Ingredients
Storage and what to serve with it.
This can be stored in the fridge for 3 days. You could serve this with some gravy, I didn’t think it needed it, but it’s your call. This is a great one-dish tray bake, so if you wanted to add parsnips or swede to the recipe, that would be a great shout. Add them at the beginning, and chop them up small so they cook simultaneously as everything else.
Makes 4 portions - 1 hr 40 min cooking time
Step by Step
Recipe
3 tbsp olive oil
8 sausages ( see notes)
4 large potatoes
4 large carrots
1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
1 tsp cumin
1/2 ltr chicken stock
1 bulb garlic cut in half lengthways
4 red onion cut into wedges
50 g cavelo nero
1 tin cannelini beans
salt & pepper
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Add the sausages, stock, potatoes, garlic and carrots to a roasting dish.
Sprinkle over the seasoning and spices and drizzle over olive oil.
Roast in the oven on the middle shelf for 50 minutes. Taking out halfway to baste with the chicken stock.
After 50 minutes, take the tray out of the oven and add the onions and cannellini beans. Spoon over some of the chicken stock to ensure everything stays juicy. Pop back in the oven for a further 40 minutes.
Add the cavelo nero at the last 10 minutes of cooking. Just nestle the cavelo nero between the ingredients and drizzle over a little olive oil so it doesn’t burn and go crispy.
Once cooked, serve immediately with or without gravy.
Variations
Try using different flavours of sausages, or adding swede, parsnips or golden beetroot to this recipe.
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