Sausage casserole for the slow cooker

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What do you put in it to make it tasty? I have pork sausages, what else goes in?

Marking place - I could fancy some advice on this too.

I add sliced onion, passata, white beans (cannellini, butter beans or you can just use baked beans) sliced mushrooms, chilli and a big spoonful of smoky paprika.

Watching for more ideas!

onion
garlic
tin tomatoes
Carton passata
Diced carrots and peppers
Chicken stock cube
Lea and Perrins
Red wine
Mixed herbs.

I go for Veg stock, Tin of beans, Tin of tomatoes, chopped onion and a diced potatoe. And I have a tub of saus casserole slow cooker seasoning from tesco that I put in. But sometimes just substitute with garlic grabules, paprika and any other herbs I think will do

Ooh I forgot lea and perrins. A small half a bottle dash of that!

If you do t brown your sausages first they look awful!

I toasted some cumin seeds and put them in my last sausage casserole. It was delicious!

Mine is a bit like DustWitch's - with cannellini beans, tomatoes, garlic, onion, wine or stock and a big dollop of pesto. Not necessarily slow cooker but always slow cooked.

Mine is a bit like Shosha1's - depending on what I have got on the cupboard.

Garlic, important, some chopped pancetta, white beans with tomatoes.
Tom Kerridge adds a topping of pesto and breadcrumbs, then grills it to get a crispy top!

Slightly off topic but I made an italianey sausage ragu with garlicky Italian sausages, fennel seeds, more garlic, red wine, tinned toms and a dash of balsamic vinegar. Cooked all day - delicious.

How long do you cook it for?

Remember if you are using wine boil it off before you put it in the slow cooker to get rid of the alcohol.

Sausages, diced carrots, cut up red onion, some gravy granules, veg and beef stock cube, potatoes peeled and cut in half. In slow cooker on low from 8.30am-4.30pm. Perfecto!

Ps plenty of mixed herbs, and about 500ml water

8 sausages, one chopped onion, chopped carrot, tin of baked beans, two small chopped up in to wedges sweet potatoes, 450 M&S of veg stock, random herbs from the cupboard. Does tea for me and DP and our lunches the next day.

Not M&S stock! 450ml of stock.

So the sausages come out nice? I was worried they would over cook.

They come out beautifully. I always buy butchers sausages though - not sure what supermarket sausages would be like!

We use frozen supermarket sausages and theyre always lovely. The do fall apart though when you touch them, no need for a fork, but that's slow cooking for you.

Sid I think we have the same slow cooker recipe book, do you skin the sausages and make them into balls first?

Op if you Google sausage and pumpkin casserole with sage you'll get a bbc recipe - I subsititute the pumpkin for butternut squash!

Agree with other posters I always brown the sausages or meatballs first!

This thread is awesome, from the suggestions I made a beaut of a casserole. Browned the sausages and an onion. Added to the slow cooker along with:
tin of chopped toms
tin of baked beans
glass of red wine
Dash of balsamic vinegar
Several drops of lea and perrins
chopped chilli
Chopped garlic
Sliced mushrooms
Sprinkle of chilli flakes
Smoked paprika
Mixed herbs

Cooked on high for 6 hours, added some gravy granules to thicken up the sauce and it was divine

Oh and sliced carrots!