Baked spicy sausages with sweet potato

Name: Baked spicy sausages with sweet potato
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 6 merguez sausages (available from specialty butchers), thickly sliced; 800g sweet potatoes, scrubbed and sliced into thick chunks; 1 tsp paprika; ½ tsp dried chilli flakes; 1 tsp ground cumin; sea salt; ½ loaf ciabatta, roughly torn; 50ml extra virgin olive oil; handful fresh coriander leaves; handful fresh mint leaves; 1 small white onion, peeled and very thinly sliced; 1 tsp lemon juice; harissa (optional), to serve

Bill Granger

October 20, 2011

Baked spicy sausages with sweet potato.Marina Oliphant

easyTime:30 mins - 1 hourServes:6

An Italian friend inspired this recipe. Merguez sausages are perfect but any quality sausage will work just as well.

Ingredients

6 merguez sausages (available from specialty butchers), thickly sliced
800g sweet potatoes, scrubbed and sliced into thick chunks
1 tsp paprika
½ tsp dried chilli flakes
1 tsp ground cumin
sea salt
½ loaf ciabatta, roughly torn
50ml extra virgin olive oil
handful fresh coriander leaves
handful fresh mint leaves
1 small white onion, peeled and very thinly sliced
1 tsp lemon juice
harissa (optional), to serve

Method

Preheat oven to 200ºC fan-forced (220ºC conventional). Place sausages in a large roasting tin. Add sweet potato, paprika, chilli flakes, cumin and salt.
Add bread to tin. Drizzle with oil and toss gently. Roast, stirring occasionally, for 30-40 minutes or until potatoes are tender and sausages and bread are golden.
Meanwhile, place coriander, mint and onion in a serving dish. Dress with lemon juice and season with sea salt just before serving.
Serve with harissa on the side, if you like things spicy.