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One-pot sausage casserole, Halal

Barney Desmazery's one-pot sausage casserole with Halal beef or chicken sausages, smoked paprika, tomatoes and butter beans under a garlic breadcrumb crust, with water in place of red wine.

British · Main · Easy · 1 shallow casserole, 8 sausages · 55 min

Each method follows published technique for the dish, and every Halal substitution is checked against the ingredient pages we cite. Photographs come from our ingredient library rather than the finished dish.

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Why Halal checks matter here

The casserole is built on 8 large pork sausages with 100 ml of red wine in the sauce, and the red wine vinegar is a scholarly difference.

Halal-critical ingredients

• Pork sausages: The published recipe uses 8 large pork sausages. A sausage is decided by its meat, the slaughter, the casing, and whether wine or a pork starter culture went into the mix. Use Halal-certified beef or chicken sausages, as here. See Sausage.
• Red wine: The published recipe adds 100 ml of red wine to the sauce. Wine is the khamr the Qur'an forbids, and on this site that includes wine cooked into food. Use the same amount of water, as here. See Wine.
• Red wine vinegar: Wine vinegar is a scholarly difference: the Hanafi school, Indonesia's MUI and IslamQA permit it, while the classical Shafi'i rule and Malaysia's 2006 fatwa do not. Use it only if your school accepts it. See Red wine vinegar.

Ingredients

Casserole

• 3 tbsp olive oil, plus an extra drizzle (optional)
• 8 large Halal-certified beef or chicken sausages (our swap for pork sausages)
• 1 onion, finely sliced
• a sprinkle golden caster sugar
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar (see the vinegar check below)
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• 400 g can of chopped tomatoes
• 100 ml water (our swap for 100 ml red wine)
• 2 bay leaves
• 400 g can of butter beans, drained but not rinsed

Garlic breadcrumbs

• 50 g fresh breadcrumbs
• 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
• a handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped

Method

1. Brown the sausages. Heat the oven to 220°C (200°C fan, gas 7). Heat 1 tbsp oil in a shallow ovenproof casserole over a medium heat and gently fry the Halal sausages for 5 to 8 minutes until brown all over, then lift onto a plate.
2. Make the sauce. Fry the onion in the pan for 5 to 8 minutes until it starts to turn golden, adding a little more oil if it sticks. Sprinkle in the sugar and cook for a minute, then stir in the vinegar, tomato purée and paprika to make a paste. Tip in the tomatoes, pour the water into the can, swish it round and add it to the pan. Stir in the bay leaves and beans.
3. Bake. Arrange the sausages on top so they are half-submerged but still a little exposed. Bring to a simmer, then bake for 20 minutes.
4. Add the crumb. Mix the breadcrumbs with the garlic and parsley, season and stir in 1 tbsp oil. Scatter over the casserole, drizzle with the last 1 tbsp oil and bake for 10 minutes more until golden and crisp. Leave to stand for a few minutes, then serve from the dish.

Allergens

gluten (breadcrumbs)

How this recipe was researched

Method adapted from BBC Good Food's 'One-pot sausage casserole with garlic breadcrumbs' by Barney Desmazery (serves 4: 8 large pork sausages browned 5 to 8 minutes in 1 tbsp of 3 tbsp olive oil in a shallow ovenproof casserole; 1 sliced onion fried 5 to 8 minutes; a sprinkle of golden caster sugar for a minute; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp tomato purée and ½ tsp smoked paprika stirred to a paste; a 400 g can of chopped tomatoes, 100 ml red wine swirled round the can, 2 bay leaves and a drained, unrinsed 400 g can of butter beans; the sausages half-submerged on top, brought to a simmer and baked 20 minutes at 220°C (200°C fan, gas 7); 50 g fresh breadcrumbs, 2 grated garlic cloves, parsley, seasoning and 1 tbsp oil scattered over, drizzled with the last 1 tbsp oil and baked 10 minutes more). We replaced the pork sausages with Halal-certified beef or chicken sausages and the red wine with 100 ml water; both swaps are ours. Timings follow the published technique rather than a kitchen test.

Photograph from our ingredient library: grilled sausages, not the finished dish from this recipe.