Sausage Cobbler Recipes

SAUSAGE & PARMESAN COBBLER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a wide, shallow pan. Brown the sausages for 5 mins until golden, then remove. Add the bacon to the pan, sizzle for 5-8 mins till golden, then stir in the onion and carrot. Cover and gently cook for 10 mins until soft.
• Turn up the heat, add the garlic and half the herbs, and cook for 1 min. Stir in the paprika and tomato purée, give them 1 min to sizzle, then tip in the rest of the stew ingredients and bring to a simmer. Season to taste. Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. If your pan doesn't go in the oven, spoon everything into a large baking dish. Add a splash of water if the beans have begun to soak up the juices.
• For the topping, add a pinch of salt to the flour, then rub in the butter until the mix resembles fine crumbs. Beat together the milk, remaining chopped herbs, half the egg and most of the cheese, then tip into the bowl. Using a cutlery knife, bring everything together to a soft dough. Do not knead it. Split the dough into 6 even pieces, dust with a little flour, then roll and squeeze each piece into a rope about 30cm long. roll up into spirals.
• Sit the spirals on top of the stew. Brush with leftover egg, then scatter with the rest of the cheese. Sprinkle with a pinch of smoked paprika and poke in a few sage leaves. Bake for 25-30 mins until the cobbler topping is golden and well risen, and the stew is bubbling beneath.

SAUSAGE COBBLER

Steps:

• Set oven to 425F/Mark 7. Cut the sausages into 2-3 sections and fry gently in a pan until browned. Transfer to a dish and keep warm.
• Fry onions and bacon until soft, add the flour and fry for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, sauces and stock, season and bring to the boil, stirring. Add mushrooms and sausage pieces, simmer for 15-20 minutes, then transfer to an ovenproof dish.
• Meanwhile, make the scone topping. Sift the flour, salt, baking powder and mustard into a bowl and rub in the butter. Add the egg and stir in sufficient milk to mix to a soft dough. Roll out to 1/2in thickness on a floured surface, cut into small scones with a cutter, and arrange, overlapping, around the edge of the sausage mixture in the dish. Bake in oven for about 15 minutes until the scones are risen and golden brown.