Tray Baked Sticky Sausages with Parsnips, Apples and Sage

Serves: 4-6

You’ll need:

• 8 good quality Welsh pork sausages
• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 2 Pink Lady apples
• Squeeze of lemon juice
• 300g Piccolo parsnips, washed and trimmed
• 1 large red onion, peeled and cut into wedges
• 3 tbsp sage

Marinade:

• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• Sea salt and black pepper
• 1 tbsp cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp chopped sage leaves
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• 1 tbsp soft brown sugar

What next?

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
2. Fry the sausages on all sides in 1 tablespoon of rapeseed oil until golden brown. Drain well.
3. In a large bowl mix together the marinade ingredients.
4. Cut the apples into quarters, remove the core and cut each piece in half, put in a bowl, squeeze some of the lemon juice over the apple pieces and reserve.
5. Place the browned sausages, Piccolo parsnips and red onion wedges in the marinade and coat well. Place the sausage mixture in a roasting tray and roast in the oven for 25 minutes.
6. Then add the apple and coat well in the juices and roast for a further 15 minutes until cooked. Keep basting well.
7. Serve with winter slaw, potato wedges and homemade ketchup.

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