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Easiest weeknight dinner: roasted sausages and potatoes with apples

Oct 14, 2012 by Tiffany Dahle

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Roasted sausages and potatoes with apples are a fall comfort food classic. Serve it with spicy mustard for dipping and watch as your family raves over it.

Roasted sausages and potatoes with apples is perfect fall comfort food.

This has to be the easiest dinner known to man. I had a fridge full of just-picked apples from the orchard and I was on the hunt for something other than a dessert to put them into when I stumbled upon this idea. My new favorite cookbook right now is "Dinner: A Love Story" and I plan to review it more in-depth soon. 

Basically, you chop an onion and some apples and toss everything into your baking dish and bake. That's it.

How long does it take to chop an onion? 30 seconds maybe?? Then 40 minutes into baking you add the chopped apple. So there is a whole additional minute of prep time you better be prepared for. I won't blame you if you need a glass of wine while you're doing it.

This is autumn on a plate. It is homey and warm and delicious. The flavors of the sweet apple, savory sausage, tender potatoes, and caramelized onions complemented by spicy mustard are insane. The Peanut devoured her portion and begged for more. There's no higher praise than that in my book.

Easy roasted sausages and potatoes with apples:

 

Roasted sausages and potatoes with apples

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roasted sausages, potatoes & apples

roasted sausages, potatoes & apples

Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

This fall comfort food classic is a hit with kids and parents alike. The easiest weeknight dinner with some fresh apples and spicy sausages from the market.

 

 

Ingredients

  • 6 sweet Italian sausages (If you're wild, go with the spicy. We're not.)
  • 3 pounds small red potatoes, washed but not peeled or chopped
  • 2 medium onions, large chopped
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 green apples, chopped but not peeled
  • Olive oil, salt, pepper
  • Spicy mustard for serving (Optional, but not according to my 5-year-old!)

Instructions

Set your oven to 425. Toss the chopped onions and whole potatoes with olive oil, salt, and pepper. You won't need much, just a tablespoon or so.  They should be mostly coated but not drenched. I do this directly in a large baking pan to save a dish. Sprinkle with thyme, salt & pepper. Lay the sausages directly on the top of the bed of potatoes and place them in the oven for 40 minutes.

Toss the chopped apples with just a smidge more of olive oil, salt, and pepper, and set aside.

When the buzzer beeps, turn the sausages over to brown on their other side and sprinkle the apples around them. Be sure to give the potatoes and onions a gentle toss to prevent burning on the bottoms. Bake for 10 more minutes.

Serve with spicy mustard as a dip.

© Tiffany Dahle
Cuisine: German / Category: Comfort Food

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  1. Tammy

    October 15, 2012 at 7:53 am

    cannot wait to try this!!!

    Reply
  2. Kim

    October 15, 2012 at 9:09 am

    Looks great! When do you use the thyme? I didn't see it in the instructions, only in the list of ingredients.

    Reply
    • tiffdahle

      October 15, 2012 at 9:24 am

      Great catch, Kim! I just updated the recipe. I add it to the potatoes & onions right in the beginning before they go into the oven for the first time. Thanks for letting me know!

      Reply
  3. Lin

    October 15, 2012 at 9:36 am

    This looks yummy!I think I'll toss some cabbage in too! thanks~

    Reply
  4. Jacqui

    October 16, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    I am making this tonight and cannot wait to try it! Planning on adding some carrots, as well! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  5. Courtney Lindberg

    October 26, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    Super YUMMY! My babies gobbled it all up!! We made ours with cabbage,carrots,celery,fresh garlic and stuffing.

    Reply
  6. Joan

    November 02, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    I plan on trying this soon, sounds great and easy. Are the sausages you add precooked or raw? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Tiffany

      November 02, 2012 at 7:39 pm

      Hi Joan! The sausages I used were raw. I think you could easily substitute pre-cooked but I would add them after the rest of the mix was able to roast for a while.

      Reply
  7. Joan

    November 02, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    Thanks so much Tiffany, I have a great place to buy raw sausages, just wasn't sure they would cook in 40 minutes.

    Reply
  8. jackie

    February 07, 2013 at 5:40 am

    Made this last night. Big hit with the family. The sausages were cooked perfectly. The potatoes though were still a little hard. I cooked for an additional 20 mins as opposed to 10 mins. But was still excellent ... Might add some cherries peppers next time to spice it up OH and the left over potatoes/onions I'm going to refry as home fries!

    Reply
  9. Sheila

    February 03, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    I found your recipe via Pinterest. It was a huge hit! So simple and easy, but delicious and hearty, perfect for a midweek winter meal. Thank you!

    Reply
  10. Annette J

    November 02, 2016 at 9:39 am

    Hi! Do I need to purchase Green Granny Smith apples or just the yellow golden apples I couldn't tell which ones were in your picture but I notice you mentioned green apples.

    Reply
    • Annette

      November 06, 2016 at 4:48 pm

      Nevermind I chose Granny Smith!

      Reply

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