Sauages and green lentils

I love this recipe and cook it a lot. I do brown the sausages well first though. I do not like soggy sausages in casseroles. I also slow cook it in the oven in a Le Crueset for just a couple of hours, not a slow cooker and just add extra water. Really tasty recipe.

I cook this! I got it from Tana Ramsay cookbook. She serves it with a mustard /craime Fraiche sauce which goes lovely. I cook sausages separately (not least out of consideration for vegetarians in the family). In answer to a question up thread - there's no labour saving using canned lentils - and they wouldn't absorb the lovely jammy flavours - bur you could adapt the dish I guess with a shorter cooking time.

So delicious! I use 6 meat sausages and 2 cauldron foods veggie sausages to suit our family. Serve it with mash and green beans and it makes it go further. I have made this many times now, with success every time. Definately a winner!

Lentils and sauce taste really nice. However our family doesn't rate the texture of the sausages. This isn't a criticism of the recipe per se, just that we've decided we don't like sausages cooked in this way. I've done the recipe in the slow cooker twice. I browned the sausages once and just put them in once and found it made no difference. I will make this again but grill the sausages separately and then chop and add. (This would also remove some fat!) I also intend to try it with some pork rather than sausages. Oh and I just chucked everything in the slow cooker - didn't bother with frying. I mixed the flour, sugar, puree and vinegar in with the stock before pouring over everything else.

tried this yesterday without the slow cooker-started about an hour and a half before dinner due on the table. Cooked in le Crueset casserole in oven.Absolutely lovely..will do again

Yum! We're all stuffed & there's none left for lunch tomorrow. Used mung beans instead of lentils as that's what we had and added dumplings. Seriously tasty sauce and incredibly easy :)

This is a great recipe and can be easily scaled up to make more than one meal or to feed more people. I make a really neat recipe using sausages as meatballs which my son (and Dad!) absolutely love! View my video at http://www.gourmetmum.tv/easy-recipes/simply-meat-balls.html

anyone tried this with veggie sausages or do they just turn to mush?

can you use canned green lentils or would they go into a soggy mush? recipe sounds delish!