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    Home » Recipes by Meal Type » Vegetarian Dinner Recipes

    Jan 18, 2014 · Modified: Mar 5, 2019 by Becca Heyes · This post may contain affiliate links · 26 Comments

    Vegetarian sausage hotpot

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    Vegetarian sausage hotpot

    I think a lot of people view us Brits as posh, rich people who talk like the Queen, but that really couldn't be further from the truth. Actually a lot of the country was pretty poor for a pretty long time, so many of our traditional recipes are along the lines of this vegetarian sausage hotpot - stews that could be made easily and, most importantly, cheaply. There are loads of versions of British stews that originate from different areas of the country (scouse from Liverpool, cawl from Wales, Scotch broth from Scotland), but I suppose the one I'm sharing today most closely resembles the Lancashire hotpot.

    I say 'most closely resembles' because it probably doesn't resemble it very much at all, but it's topped with potato, so I'm going to go ahead and say it's a Lancashire hotpot.

    (disclaimer: I'm not from Lancashire, nor have I ever lived in Lancashire, so please don't tell me off for this being inauthentic!)

    Vegetarian sausage hotpot

    Anyway, this hotpot is really easy to make, and only takes one pan (I can hear you all getting excited already). Just cook up some vegetables along with some chopped up sausages, add some sliced potatoes - as you can tell, I was going for the 'rustic' look - and bake for an hour. Easy peasy. I like to add two layers of potatoes on top, so the bottom layer gets nice and soft in the gravy that bubbles up all around it, and the top layer stays crisp.

    I do love cooking Italian food, Mexican food, any type of food really, but there's something really comforting about the sort of hearty stew I grew up with. It'll make anywhere feel like home.

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    I feel a bit cheeky using gravy granules in this recipe since when I'm cooking for the blog I do try to cook from scratch the majority of the time, but in my opinion there really isn't anything else that comes close to Bisto gravy granules. Considering you'll find a tub of Bisto in most British households, I'm going to say that I'm just being authentic, despite the fact that they only went on sale in 1979. Never mind. When something tastes this good I'm not even going to pretend I'm sorry.

    I know any non-Brits reading this might not be lucky enough to have any Bisto in their kitchen cupboards, and might not even know where to get any from, so I implore you: buy some online. You won't regret it. It Browns, Seasons and Thickens in One (geddit?)!

    By the way, if you prefer, you can use vegetarian mince instead of sausages - it's up to you. You could even be totally crazy and use beans instead of a meat substitute. Go mad.

    Vegetarian sausage hotpot
    Vegetarian sausage hotpot
     
    Recipe Type: Main meals
    Author: Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
    Prep time: 20 mins
    Cook time: 1 hour
    Total time: 1 hour 20 mins
    Serves: 4
    Ingredients
    • 1tbsp oil
    • 6 vegetarian sausages (thawed), cut into chunks
    • 1 onion, sliced
    • 3 garlic, minced
    • 2 carrots, diced
    • 1 parsnip, diced
    • 150g mushrooms, diced
    • 100g green beans, chopped
    • 150g sweetcorn
    • Black pepper
    • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
    • 500ml vegetable stock
    • 1tbsp soy sauce
    • 4tbsp [url href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FAAY4M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FAAY4M&linkCode=as2&tag=amuyoubou0b-20" target="_blank"]Bisto gravy granules[/url]
    • 350g potatoes (I used new potatoes)
    • Salt
    • 1tbsp margarine or butter
    Instructions
    1. Heat the oil in a large pan (use an ovenproof one if you have one), and add the sausage chunks, onion and garlic. Cook over a medium heat for several minutes, before adding the carrots, parsnip, mushrooms, green beans and sweetcorn. Add plenty of black pepper, and continue to cook, stirring fairly often, for 5 more minutes.
    2. Heat the oven to 190°C (Gas Mark 5 / 375°F).
    3. Add the thyme, vegetable stock, soy sauce and Bisto granules to the vegetables, mix well, and bring to a simmer. Cook for a couple more minutes while you slice the potatoes thinly - use a [url href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YDO2LG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000YDO2LG&linkCode=as2&tag=amuyoubou0b-20" target="_blank"]mandoline[/url] if you have one.
    4. Remove the stew from the heat, stir well, and then add one layer of sliced potatoes, overlapping them slightly. Season with salt and pepper, and dot about half of the margarine across the potatoes. Add the remaining potatoes, and once again, season and dot with margarine.
    5. Place in the oven and cook, uncovered, for one hour, or until the potatoes are tender.
     
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    Vegetarian sausage hotpot

    If you're interested in traditional British food, why not try making your own stuffed Yorkshire puddings:

    Creamy mushroom an brie stuffed Yorkshire puddings

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    1. Lynda says

      May 24, 2015 at 6:56 pm

      Hi there. I found your website by accident - I Googled "veggie sausage casserole" and got this recipe. SO happy I did! I modified it as I had a lot of veg needing used up - asparagus, green beans, peppers, potatoes, and only had 4 veg sausages. No Bisto, but has onion gravy granules. OMG I ended up cooking this on the hob as there was too much for my casserole dish! The perfect way to use up veg before it goes off and will def make again. So glad I found your website and thanks for posting this awesome recipe x

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        May 26, 2015 at 9:34 am

        Thanks Lynda, so glad you stumbled across this recipe! :D Hope you'll try some of my other recipes too!

        Reply
    2. Cheryl says

      March 15, 2015 at 7:34 pm

      Hi, love this recipe.. Have made it a few times and always goes down well. The only think I am struggling with is that mine is always quite runny when I make it. I have tried adding extra bisto granules and it looks OK when I put it in the oven, but always very thin when cooked! Any suggestions?

      Cheryl.

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        March 15, 2015 at 7:43 pm

        Thanks Cheryl! :) If you're happy to just use more Bisto, try adding more granules just before serving instead of beforehand - just serve up the potatoes, add more Bisto to the stew and mix it all together, then dish that bit up. Otherwise, just try using less stock to begin with :)

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    3. Angrboda says

      November 29, 2014 at 2:36 pm

      I can't get anything like those gravy granules in this country that I can find, and I'm not really keen on having to order ingredients off the internet if I can avoid it. What do you suppose I could substitute with? Undiluted stock?

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        November 30, 2014 at 12:25 am

        To be honest nothing really compared to Bisto! Stock powder isn't the same at all. I really can't think of anything that would work as well, I'd really recommend grabbing some off the Internet!

        Reply
    4. Scheck says

      October 21, 2014 at 7:28 pm

      I've made this twice now. It's absolutely delicious! We swap green beans for butternut squash though, just to be extra autumnal.

      Reply
      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        October 21, 2014 at 8:42 pm

        Sounds like a great addition! Glad you enjoy it :)

        Reply
    5. Mugdha Kulkarni says

      January 29, 2014 at 6:41 pm

      This had my mouth watering. Beautiful pictures and nice back story. I will be making this one for sure, but I will be using my slow cooker for it. Thanks for the inspiration!

      Reply
    6. Jess @HungryHarps says

      January 27, 2014 at 4:25 am

      Loving this recipe! Talk about comfort food at it's finest - this is definitely making an appearance in my oven very soon. Thank you for sharing at #GetHimFed Fridays!!

      Reply
    7. LittleMonsterx14 says

      January 22, 2014 at 11:35 pm

      this looks so hardy and comforting!

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