Sausage and Fennel Meatballs with Lentils

Name: Sausage and Fennel Meatballs with Lentils
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tsp Fennel Seed, crushed; 1 Fennel Bulb, trimmed, core removed and finely sliced; 100ml Red Wine; 1 tbsp Lemon Juice; 1 tbsp Olive Oil; 1 Onion, finely sliced; 2 Garlic Cloves, crushed; 1 tbsp Tomato Purée; 250g Puy Lentils, washed; 850ml Chicken Stock, hot, or beef stock; 30g Parsley, chopped, to serve; 2 Medium Carrots, finely chopped; 6 Sausages

Pork

10m prep time

65m total time

Easy level

13 ingredients

Sausage and Fennel Meatballs with Lentils recipe by Cherrypick

Sausage and mash with a healthier twist - roll your bangers into meatballs and serve with some quick parsley pulses and fennel.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Squeeze the meat from the sausages into a large bowl. Add the fennel seeds and mix well with your hands. Shape the meat into 16 walnut-sized balls.

Step 2

Heat 1 tsp of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Fry the meatballs for 5 mins, turning regularly, until golden but not completely cooked through. Remove to a plate.

Step 3

Add the rest of the oil to the pan, tip in the onion, carrots and fennel, cover and let the veg sweat over a gentle heat for 10 mins until softened. Stir now and then.

Step 4

Uncover the vegetables, turn up the heat and let them start to colour here and there. Stir in the garlic, sizzle for 1 min, then splash in the wine and let it reduce by half. Stir in the lentils, tomato purée and stock. Cover and simmer for 25 mins or until the lentils are almost tender. Add the sausageballs, plus a splash of water if the pan is looking a little dry. Cover and simmer for a further 10 mins until the meat is cooked through. Squeeze over the lemon juice, season to taste and scatter with parsley to serve.

Ingredients
Based on 4 servings

1 tsp Fennel Seed, crushed 1 x Sainsbury's Fennel Seed 34g
1 Fennel Bulb, trimmed, core removed and finely sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Fennel Loose
100ml Red Wine 1 x Yellow Tail Shiraz Red Wine 18.7cl
1 tbsp Lemon Juice 1 x Sainsbury's Lemons
1 tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
1 Onion, finely sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
2 Garlic Cloves, crushed 1 x Sainsbury's Large Garlic
1 tbsp Tomato Purée 1 x Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 200g
250g Puy Lentils, washed 1 x Merchant Gourmet Sabarot Puy Lentils 300g
850ml Chicken Stock, hot, or beef stock 9 x Sainsbury's Stock Cubes, Chicken 10x10g
30g Parsley, chopped, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30g
2 Medium Carrots, finely chopped 2 x Sainsbury's Loose Carrots
6 Sausages 1 x Sainsbury's Toulouse Inspired Sausages, Taste the Difference x6 400g