Ingredients

  • Filling
  • Splash of Olive Oil
  • 2 Red onions
  • 450 grams Best Pork Sausages (heavily seasoned ones work best)
  • 225 grams Button Mushrooms
  • 150 milliliters Dry Cider
  • 1 Red Dessert Apple, cored and cut into cubes.
  • 2 tablespoons Sage, Chopped
  • 2 tablespoons Parsley
  • Topping
  • 75 grams Butter
  • 110 grams Plain Flour
  • 2 teaspoons English Mustard (powder or jarred)
  • 50 grams Grated Cheddar
  • handful Chopped Parsley
  • Salt and Black Pepper

Method

  • Add a dash of oil to a frying pan and put it on the lowest heat. Add the onions and leave for 45 mins, stirring occasionally until they become soft and caramelised. Preheat oven to 190°C/375F/ Gas mark 8.
  • In a large slightly oiled pan, brown the sausages. In the same pan quickly fry the mushrooms, just to colour them slightly. Cut each sausage diagonally into four pieces.
  • Deglaze the pan with cider, then add the apples, onions and herbs. Allow to reduce slightly. Season to taste and spoon into an ovenproof dish.
  • To make the topping, rub the butter and flour together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the mustard powder, cheese and parsley. Season and spread evenly over the sausage mix.
  • Bake for about thirty minutes until golden, and the sausage mixture is bubbling around the sides.
  • Serve with refreshing greens such as spinach, sugar-snap peas or green beans to offset the richness of the crumble.