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Veal Sausage Casserole!

Good evening Kitchen Masonites! Today I want to share one of my new favourite recipes. This delightful sausage casserole.

I adapted a recipe from a blog I have shared with you before. KayoticKitchen. I bought some Veal sausages when I was at the BBC Good Food Show and have been wondering what to do with them ever since. I had a nosy on my favourite blogs & sites and came across this belter! The best thing is how little time & effort you have to put in to get out such tasty & flavourful food. So… without further ado! Here is what you will need.

Serves 2 (Easily doubled)

  • 8 Veal Sausages
  • 1 Onion
  • 1/2 Orange Pepper
  • 1/2 Red Pepper
  • 5 Small Potatoes
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, chopped finely
  • Oregano, 1.5 tsp
  • Olive Oil 2 tbsp
  • Balsamic Vinegar 4tbsp
  • Chicken Stock, approx 100ml

Preheat your oven to 200°C.

First you need to brown the sausages. You don’t have to use veal, you can use whatever sausages you like. Heat some oil in a heavy pan and cook until they are just starting to brown. Don’t worry that they are not cooked all the way through as they will get plenty of time in the oven later on. Remove from the pan & keep to one side until needed.

Prepare your veg next. Slice the peppers, peel the potatoes and cut them in half & then chop the onion into wedges. Put all of this in a big roasting tray and top with the sausages. My other half grew some King Edward potatoes this year and we pulled them all out a couple of weeks ago. I used them for this recipe… it’s always more satisfying when you’ve grown it yourself!

In a jug, combine the chicken stock, balsamic vinegar, oil, oregano & garlic. Pour the mixture over the sausages & veg, season with salt & pepper then cover with foil.

Put in the oven for 40 minutes. Then sit back and wait for the amazing aromas to fill your home!

Take out of the oven and remove the foil. Give it a good mix to make sure everything is coated in the juices and pop back in the oven uncovered for about 15 minutes turning the sausages half way.

And there you have it… a hassle free, minimal pot washing, extremely flavourful dinner! The next time I make it it will probably add some carrots into the mix just to bulk it out a bit but apart from that I honestly wouldn’t change a thing. It’s so tasty & simple and you’re mad if you don’t give it a go! I promise you won’t be dissapointed.

If you do try it out, let me know how it goes!

Until next time.

Miss Kitchen Mason

The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company!

Hello my little cherubs of loveliness! So sorry I’ve been away for a while, I’ve been very busy!

The last two weekends I’ve been helping to spread the word about the AMAZING Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company. It’s such a unique, novel & tasty product though, they practically sell themselves! I helped out on a stand at both the Festive Gift Show & the BBC Good Food Show, both at the NEC in Birmingham. My partner in crime was the owner of this genius company, Miss. Helen Ellis. She is the brain child of this fabulous idea and is also really lovely! Make sure to say Hi if you ever visit a stand : D

Basically, the general idea is that it’s a solid Belgian chocolate base with loads of different delicious toppings. Some include brownie biscuit, vanilla fudge pieces, Jelly Belly jelly beans, popping candy and many more.  All are in the shape of a pizza, cut into slices  then beautifully presented in pizza boxes. I will say this once & only once though… there is NO bread base & I would NOT recommend cooking them haha! You simply open them up and devour them!

So… “Where on earth can I get my hands on such tasty delights?” I hear you ask? Well, http://www.gourmetchocolatepizza.co.uk/ is where you need to go. Also… top foodie tip alert! You can also follow them on facebook to keep an eye out for any upcoming events or special offers . http://www.facebook.com/gourmetchocolatepizzaco

Pictured above is one of my new favourite chocolate pizzas, the Strawberry & Champagne Mini Pizza. (Although next time I will be getting a large!) This one has a Belgian milk chocolate base with freeze dried strawberry’s running throughout along with popping candy. Toppings include red rainbow drops, white chocolate honeycomb balls, edible glitter & a pretty chocolate strawberry decoration. Now tell me you didn’t start salivating after that!! No really, go get a tissue, I can see you drooling.

These pizza’s make the perfect little stocking fillers. Or even get one for your Christmas buffet table. But you will need to act quickly! These babies sell like hot cakes near Christmas so if you are planning on buying, get in early to avoid disappointment!

I genuinely think this is a brilliant, novel & delicious idea. I can also assure you  that it can be quite difficult when I help out every now and then at the shows, as I have to stand around lot’s of this stuff and not eat it!! It’s certainly a challenge but someone’s got to do it : D

And on that note I bid you farewell. Until next time!

Miss Kitchen Mason

New Camera = I Must Make Brownies!

So my other half surprised me this weekend by coming home with a new camera for me, how amazing is that?! I didn’t actually have anything in mind to make but really wanted to test out the new camera. I’ll put my hands up and admit I’m a complete novice at photography but my other half gave me a mini crash course in the basics so I thought I’d give it a whirl!

The recipe I used is an old favourite of mine from the BBC Good Food website. Chocolate Brownie Cake. The ingredients you need are as follows:

  • 100g Butter
  • 175g Caster Sugar
  • 75g Brown OR Muscovado Sugar (I use brown)
  • 125g of Chocolate (I use half dark & half milk)
  • 1tbsp Golden Syrup
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 100g Plain Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder

It’s really simple & quick to do. First preheat your oven to 180 °C and grease & line a round baking tin.

Melt your butter, caster sugar, brown sugar, chocolate & golden syrup in a pan and leave to cool slightly (so you don’t scramble your eggs when you add them.)

Beat the eggs & add to the chocolate mix along with the vanilla extract, baking powder, cocoa powder and flour. Mix until thoroughly combined then pour into your prepared baking tin of choice.

Pop in the oven for 25mins. When the time is up, I turn my oven off & leave the door open and allow to cool in there as it helps to prevent a lot of sinking in the middle of the cake. Once it has cooled completely, remove from the tin & cut into wedges for serving. These babies go down well at any occasion.

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Miss Kitchen Mason