Mary Berry’s sausage and red pepper one-pot stew is a ‘quick and easy’ comfort meal (Image: Getty)
A cold, gloomy day seems a lot nicer if you know that at the end of it, a delicious, warming meal will be waiting for you at the dinner table.
That’s where ’s quick and easy one-pot sausage and red pepper stew comes in.
The chef’s dish from her cookbook ‘Simple Comforts’ is as vibrant as it is easy to make, and it serves four, making for a lovely family meal.
Sharing this , the Happy Foodie said: “Sausages are one of the most comforting meals – choose your favourites for this .
“This one-pot stew is a complete main course, with a green vegetable if you like, and will keep all the family happy.”
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Mary Berry’s sausage and red pepper one-pot stew is everything you’d expect from a comfort meal (Image: Getty)
What’s great about this is you can prepare this meal up to eight hours ahead. Whenever you’re ready to eat it, just bring it back to a boil to reheat.
Mary Berry’s sausage stew recipe
Ingredients
One tbsp sunflower oil
Eight spicy pork sausages
Four rashers of smoked bacon, finely chopped
One onion, sliced
One red pepper, deseeded and cut into large pieces
One large carrot, diced into small pieces
One garlic clove, crushed
300ml chicken stock
400g tin of chopped tomatoes
Two tbsp sun-dried tomato paste
Twofresh thyme sprigs
250g baby new potatoes, skin on, thickly sliced into discs
salt and freshly ground black pepper
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One-pot stews are a simple and cosy dinner option (Image: Getty)
Method
Use a large, deep skillet or a flameproof casserole with a lid. Heat some oil in the pan over high heat. Add the sausages and brown them thoroughly on all sides, then take them out and set aside. Next, cook the bacon in the same pan until it’s crispy, then remove and set aside as well.
Add the chopped onion, bell pepper, carrot, and garlic to the pan, sautéing on high heat for around five minutes.
Pour in the stock, chopped tomatoes, and tomato paste, then drop in the thyme sprigs. Bring the mixture to a boil, then toss in the potatoes and season with salt and pepper.
Lower the heat and return the sausages and bacon to the pan. Cover the pan and let it simmer gently for 20 minutes.
Afterwards, remove the lid and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes, letting the sauce reduce slightly and ensuring the sausages and veggies are cooked through.
Serve the dish in bowls with a side of green vegetables of your preference, as well as some rice.