Can you help me with this recipe?

[thornyrose]

I am making this tonight.

I want to make it for two people though, how you adjust the recipe, apart from adding more sausages obviously

Use a whole onion, a whole tin of tomatoes and 6 sausages (I think that 2 is a bit stingy for a main course)

Double everything except the garlic; the cooking time may be slightly longer too, but not as much as double.

I'd be inclined to add mushrooms or a tin of lentils as well to give it more substance (but then I'm greedy!)

It looks v similar to how I make sausage casserole, but I never really do exact quantities as it has developed over the years.

I'd suggest you double up everything,(but personally I'd probably still only use 1 clove of garlic)Then when you pour the sauce over, let it cover everything so you may not need quite all of it.

I also add carrots, mushrooms and potatoes to ours, but then cook it for longer.

We use the leftover veg sauce on pasta another night.

Hope you enjoy it - it's one of our favourites!

I'd double the garlic too myself!

Yes just double everything, but I would also add more sausages, even 5yr old DS would have at least three in a sausage casserole so two seems a little mean.

Great, thank you

I was thinking of doing mash potato with it, does that sound ok?

scrummy with mash - good idea!
I realise from these answers that I am quite mean with sausages - they are butchers sauasages though, so quite meaty. It would never occur to me to offer DH more than 2! But then, as I say, I try and bulk out with veg...

Will do mash then

I have a bottle of red wine left over from christmas. Neither me or dp are lovers of red wine. Would it be ok to freeze the rest of it in ice cube tray and use it as and when we need it?

How much is a splash?

DP made this for us a while ago - do it, it's gorgeous

oh, re the wine - I wouldn't open a bottle just for this. Well, I would, but then we'd drink it. If you are not going to drink it, I really don't think it is worth it - I am sure it will be lovely with just stock and tomatoes. Hopefully you will see this before you open the wine...otherwise, yes, you can freeze as ice cubes and use in future.
Really difficult to explain what I'd say is a splash. Especially as glass sizes can vary. If we say that a small glass is 125ml, then I would guess 75 ml at most.

..although following the sausage revelation, maybe I am mean about wine as well!!!

It was lovely I did open the wine as I read your post too late!

Thanks everyone

Congratulations!

It has gone straight on to my meal list again as well!

what else is on your meal list Sophie?

Umm, so next week and in no particular order:

shepherd's pie
lasagne
irish stew
sausage casserole (!)
fishcakes

We both work full time so a lot is stuff prepared in advance at weekends and frozen(Irish stew, pasta sauce for lasagne etc) or intentional leftovers (eg will make sausage casserole for 6 portions). And having a repertoire of stuff that you don't have to think about it v important too! I don't mind spending a while in the kitchen in the evening making stuff but I do mind having to think while I am doing it!!

I am in the market for new ideas though - we are in a bit of a rut at the moment at the same time as wanting to cut costs (hence mince and tinned fish dishes next week!)