Ingredients
8 thin beef sausages (lean)
1 steamer basket full of diced potatoes (2cm dice)
20g butter
50g cream or milk
50g water
1/2 tsp chicken stock
1 large brown onion, peeled and quartered
2 garlic cloves, peeled
4 rashers bacon, rind removed, chopped into strips
1 can diced organic tomatoes
40g water
1 tsp chicken stock
2 dried bay leaves
1 can organic brown lentils, rinsed
1/2 cup Italian parsley chopped
salt and pepper
Method:
Place sausages in deep varoma dish. Place 4 sausages across the bottom and the other 4 on top of them but laying in the opposite direction.
Place 500g of water in the TMX bowl and insert the steamer basket (full of potatoes) into the bowl. Fit the varoma on to the lid. Steam for 22 minutes at varoma temp, speed 4.
After the cooking time check that the sausages are cooked and the potatoes are falling apart easily (cook for longer if necessary). Remove the varoma and basket. Empty the TMX bowl and insert the butterfly. Add the potatoes, butter, cream, water and stock and mash at speed 4 for 10-20 seconds. Scrape the mash into thermoserve and clean the bowl.
Add garlic and onion to bowl and chop for 3 seconds on speed 5. Add bacon and oil and saute for 3 minutes, 100 degrees, reverse speed 1.
Add the tomatoes, water, stock and bay leaves to bowl and cook for 10 minutes at 100 degrees, reverse speed 1.While this is cooking chop each sausage into 6-8 pieces.
Add the chopped sausages and drained lentils and cook for a further 5 minutes at 100 degrees, reverse speed 1. In the last minute of cooking add the parsley and season generously with salt and pepper.
Remove bay leaves and serve the sausage and lentil hotpot with the mash. Enjoy!
Suggestions made by forum members.[/b]
Katiej suggested; I made sure I bought really lean beef sausages that contained no fat. I steamed some green beans on the top tray of the Varoma whilst the sausages and potatoes were cooking. I placed them into a second Thermoserver, whilst the hotpot cooked.
I put the hotpot into a dish, placed the mash on top, sprinkled with cheese and placed it under the grill. Everything tastes good with cheese!
