Kitty's Cookin' Cookbook

Baked Sausage & Lentils

Name: Baked Sausage & Lentils
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 2 eschallots/shallots (, peeled, halved, finely sliced (sub 1 large onion, Note 1); 3 garlic cloves (, finely minced); 1 tbsp cumin seeds (don't skip this!); 1 puy lentils / French lentils (sub green/brown lentils, Note 3); 4 small carrots (peeled, quartered, diced into 8mm/ 1/3" cubes); 1 tsp cooking salt (kosher salt); 3/4 tsp black pepper; 3 cups chicken broth/stock (used bone); 5 x 91g pork sausages (~1 pound; bought Hempler's Smoked Sausage, Bacon & White Cheddar from Costco)

4 servings

servings

10 minutes

active time

1 hour

total time

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Ingredients

3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 eschallots/shallots (, peeled, halved, finely sliced (sub 1 large onion, Note 1)

3 garlic cloves (, finely minced)

1 tbsp cumin seeds (don't skip this!)

1 puy lentils / French lentils (sub green/brown lentils, Note 3)

4 small carrots (peeled, quartered, diced into 8mm/ 1/3" cubes)

1 tsp cooking salt (kosher salt)

3/4 tsp black pepper

3 cups chicken broth/stock (used bone)

5 x 91g pork sausages (~1 pound; bought Hempler's Smoked Sausage, Bacon & White Cheddar from Costco)

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 200°C/400°F (180°C fan).

Cooking vessel - Use a metal roasting pan ~23 x 33 cm / 9 x 13". Fold a sheet of baking/parchment paper (large enough to cover pan) in half and cut 4 x ~10cm/4" slits (steam vents! Note 4). Else, use foil - just tear steam vents.

Sauté aromatics - Put the pan directly on the stove (really, it's ok!) and heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add eschallots and garlic, sauté for 3 minutes until soft. Add cumin seeds and stir for 1 minute.

Lentils & stock - Add dried lentils, carrot, salt, pepper and stock. Bring to a simmer.

Sausages & paper - Gently place the sausages on top (don't press in). Cover with the paper, gently pressing so it "sticks" to the stock.

Bake for 25 minutes on the middle shelf. Remove paper and bake for 20 more minutes to brown the sausages.

Rest 5 min - Remove from the oven. Rest for 5 minutes.

Serve the sausages with lentils. The flavour-loaded lentils are saucy so they act as the sauce for the sausages! Also pictured in post - baby spinach with Everyday Dressing.

Notes

Sausauges used: Hempler's Smoked Sausage, Bacon & White Cheddar (1, 5 link pack; Costco sells as 2# 2 pack making 1 pkg 1#)

Cut amount of shallots by 1/2 and lentils by 1/3 (1.5c to 1c)

I do all prep in a large fry pan up to simmer then dump to Pyrex baking dish to add sausages & cover.

Nutrition

Serving Size

Calories

663 kcal

Total Fat

34.4 g

Saturated Fat

12.7 g

Unsaturated Fat

33 g

Trans Fat

0.4 g

Cholesterol

93.8 mg

Sodium

1387 mg

Total Carbohydrate

46.1 g

Dietary Fiber

17.2 g

Total Sugars

10.4 g

Protein

40.3 g