Do you ever get tired of bangers and mash?
Here’s a simple recipe that was inspired by North African tagine dishes, without the need for the tagine, of course.
Spicy sausages with cous cous
Ingredients
Sausages, cut into bite sizes, an inch probably
Garlic, chopped finely
Onion, chopped in quarters
Pepper (bell or romaine)
Smoked paprika (use the Spanish one – pimienton)
Sweet chilli sauce
Potatoes (optional, if you do, boil beforehand)
Carrots (again, optional)
Cous cous
1. Using a shallow saucepan, pour a generous helping of oil – olive oil preferred.
2. When oil is hot, put in the chopped garlic until they are a bit brown.
3. Mix in the onions and savour the smell as you sweat them.
4. Put in the sausages and let them cook.
5. Sprinkle smoked paprika on the sausages. Mix thoroughly.
6. Add in the sweet chilli sauce.
7. Mix in the veggies and let them simmer. If you added potatoes, leave simmering until they are cooked.
8. While you are waiting, get a bowl and pour in the cous cous.
9. Boil water and pour over the cous cous. Be careful not to ‘drown’ the cous cous as they will get soggy. Just enough hot water to ‘puff them up’.
10. Mix in some butter using a fork to make sure that there are no lumps in the cous cous.
Serve as soon as the sausages are cooked. Season with salt and ground peppercorn as required.
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