One-pot sausage and ale casserole

Day 5....sorry guys...its another casserole...but the weather is so pants at the minute I'm in the mood for comforting, warming winter food.
Ran this up for my dinner last night and served it with cauliflower rice. I usually have a jar of passata in the fridge but when I went to get it for this dish there wasn't enough...(why I had put that little amount back in the fridge is anyones guess!! :) ) so I substituted the passata for a small tin of chopped tomatoes, also, having made the sweet and sour slow cooker sausages the other night which called for 2 teaspoons of Tabasco (which was quite sufficient for me) I decided that the 2 tablespoons of Tabasco recommended for this recipe might be a bit much for my tastebuds (!) so I reduced it (altered the recipe to reflect that). I was considering trying to make it with a non alcoholic beer of some sort but then when I saw how many sp it was with the Guiness I just went for !!
This recipe serves 6 and comes out of the recipe builder at 5sp per portion and the other 5 portions have gone in the freezer.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
675g Tesco Healthy Living sausages (if you decide to use another brand please remember to recalculate your sp)
3 red peppers, sliced
2 green peppers, sliced
2 large red onions, sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
650ml ale (I used Guiness)
175g passata (or a small tin of chopped tomatoes)
3 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
3 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
1 or 2 tablespoons hot sauce (depending on taste, 1 was plenty for me)
salt and pepper to taste

Method

Spray a large lidded flameproof casserole dish with the spray oil and bring to a medium heat. Cook sausages until browned on all sides. Remove sausages from pan, and set aside.

Pour in 1/2 of the beer to deglaze the casserole dish, scraping up any bits from the bottom.
Place the red peppers, green peppers, onions and garlic in the casserole. Stir in the remaining beer and the passata. Season with oregano, coriander, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Cover, and simmer until onions and peppers are tender.Slice the sausages into bite size pieces, and add to the casserole. Cover, and simmer until sausage is cooked through.

Sue
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