Budget-friendly, flavour-packed and hugely versatile, sausages make the perfect main ingredient for quick and tasty one-pot suppers. We’ve put together a collection of winter warmers from some of our star authors like Mary Berry, Jamie Oliver and Ottolenghi, taking you from Italian- and French-influenced dishes to classic American sausage and beans and street food-inspired fare.
Mary Berry’s Sausage and Red Pepper Hot Pot
Mary Berry’s classic hot pot is one of those hearty dishes that can easily be made ahead, for days when you need a family supper on the table in minutes. Savoury and satisfying, it combines bacon, new potatoes and fresh thyme with a choice of your favourite sausages.
Sausage and Lentil Stew
Taking inspiration from the French farmhouse kitchen, this delicious stew recipe involves simmering Puy lentils with carrots, onions and garlic, adding pork sausages and just a hint of warming chilli. A final squeeze of lemon and a spoon of Dijon mustard brings it all to life.
The Batch Lady Sausage, Squash and Sage Traybake
Load up a freezer bag with thickly sliced courgette, red onion and butternut squash, season with sage, fennel and chilli flakes and pop in pork or veggie sausages. And there you have it, a quick and tasty weeknight meal ready to pop in the oven or air fryer whenever you need it.
Creamy Sausage and Cannellini Bean One-Pot
Another great idea for the freezer from Suzanne Mulholland, AKA The Batch Lady, combining sausages with cannellini beans in an indulgent spicy cream-cheese and parmesan sauce. Cook on the hob, in the slow cooker or pressure cooker for minimum fuss and maximum flavour.
‘Cowboy Supper’ Sausage and Bean Casserole
This recipe is all about the classic combination of beans and sausages, with the added deliciousness of smoked paprika and sweet potato. Ideal for the slow cooker, this is best served with a hunk of good bread for a hearty meal.
One-Pot Sausage and Leek Gnocchi
Sam Holland cleverly uses ready-made gnocchi in this simple but tasty sausage and leek stovetop dish. With a velvety white wine, garlic and cream sauce, you can rustle up this luxurious yet surprisingly simple dish in minutes.
Bangers and Tomato Rice
Justin Tsang’s fragrant rice dish combines streaky bacon and sausages with the fantastic flavours of Cantonese street food. With an absolutely addictive sweet and salty sauce drizzled on top, this is sure to go down a storm as a quick and easy Friday night special.
Sausage and Bacon Stroganoff
This delicious one-pot dish takes stroganoff to another level with smoky bacon and herby Lincolnshire sausages alongside the classic flavours of sour cream and paprika. Something for the whole family, it can easily be adapted for vegetarians and makes a hearty supper if served with rice or pasta.
Air Fryer Sausage and Red Pepper Bake
Ready in just over 30 minutes, this is a great air fryer recipe that you’ll want to return to again and again. It’s simple to make, with a few humble ingredients like chipolatas, onions, garlic and a splash of Worcestershire sauce, but you’ll end up with a delicious garlicky tomato sauce that’s just made for crusty bread or buttery mash.
Sticky Sweet and Sour Plums and Sausages
A deliciously different take on the traybake, as you’d expect from The Ottolenghi Test Kitchen team. Pairing potatoes and sausages with the Middle Eastern flavours of sweet-and-sour pomegranate molasses and sumac, the real stars of this show are the red plums that gently roast down to add colour and sticky depths to the sauce.
Mary Berry’s Chip Chip Cassoulet
A deceptively simple one-pot dish, Mary Berry takes the humble chipolata sausage and a tin of baked beans and packs in the flavour with garlic, white wine and smoky chipotle paste. Flavoursome and filling, this a great sharing dish that the whole family will love.
Jamie Oliver’s Sausage Pappardelle
Jamie Oliver cleverly uses fresh lasagne sheets to create the beautifully wide pappardelle noodles for this dish. He then pan fries pork or veggie sausages into a crispy rubble with fennel seed and garlic. Served with a classic tomato and red-wine sauce, all that’s needed for a great Italian-inspired supper is fresh parsley and a good grating of parmesan.
