Sausage and lentil hotpot

NZ Woman's Weekly 15/8/2012

Annabelle White

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Serves 4

Never apologise for serving a sausage hotpot to friends. Try to get the best sausages you possibly can and the results will be soothing and delicious.

Ingredients

8	Pork sausages
2 tbsp	Extra virgin olive oil
8	Baby onions
1 cup	Pumpkin
½ cup	Lentils
2 cups	Chicken stock
1 tbsp	Italian herbs
2	Tomatoes
1 to serve	Fresh parsley

Directions

Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
Brown the sausages in a saucepan for 10 minutes and set aside on a plate.
Heat the oil in the same saucepan and cook the peeled and halved onions for 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the pumpkin, peeled and cut into 3 x 2cm and lentils. Pour in the chicken stock, add the dried herbs and cook for 5 minutes.
Transfer the mixture to a casserole dish, nestling the sausages into the lentils. Add the chopped tomatoes.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
Season and serve with freshly chopped parsley.