Anna's Spicy Sausages

Anna's Spicy Sausages

Our Anna, she loves her sausage she does...

This dish goes way back to when I lived in Barcelona and Anna came to visit. All Anna and I wanted to eat were sausages so we added the Mediterranean vegetables and a bit of spice. Of course the dish has expanded and changed many times over the years but the core ingredients have stuck - sausages and spice.
Now then, when I heard me good ol' chum Anna was coming to visit from Nottingham I quickly popped to the shop to get all the ingredients to make her favourite dish. Unfortunately Anna got sidetracked and didn’t make it in the end so I shared my dinner with the Vegetarian and my flat-mate instead...

Serves: 1 Vegetarian and 2 Meat-eaters

1 1/2 red onion, sliced
15 cherry tomatoes
3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
1 red chili, deseeded and finely sliced
Handful green beans, sliced into three
Sea salt and black pepper
Olive oil
200g wild rice, long grain rice mix

V: 2 vegetarian sausages, sliced into three chunks each
M: 4 Cumberland sausages, sliced into three chunks each

Wild Rice with Green Beans

Cook the rice in salted water for the time recommended (approx 18 minutes). Drain.
In a separate pan cook the green beans in salted water for 4 minutes, drain.

Toss together the rice and green beans, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Spicy Vegetarian Sausage Mix

Meanwhile…

V:  Get a large frying pan/wok really hot, add a splash of olive oil and cook the vegetarian sausages. Turn down the heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add a third of the onion, garlic, chili, pepper, tomatoes and season. Cook for a further 3-5 minutes (or until the vegetables are cooked through but still have a bite to them).

Spicy Cumberland Sausage Mix

M: Get a pan really hot; add a splash of olive oil and toss in the sausages. After a minute turn down the heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the rest of the ingredients, season and cook for a further 3-5 minutes (or until the vegetables are cooked through but still have a bite to them).

Mix the spicy sausage with the wild rice and serve.
To make it extra spicy add some chili flakes to the cooking or serve with a hot sauce.