Easy Sausage Tray bake (With Sweet Potatoes And Orange)
A flavourful and extremely easy to throw together sausage tray bake with sweet potatoes, green beans and pecan nuts in a lovely orange, maple syrup and cinnamon gravy. And it's even tastier with a little melted blue cheese on top. Perfect for a quick midweek meal!
Put the onions and sweet potato chunks into a large baking dish with the garlic cloves.
Add the sausages to the dish and toss everything together with a good drizzle of olive oil. Bake uncovered for about 30 minutes or until the sausages are nice and golden, tossing half way through cooking.
Whisk together the orange zest and juice, maple syrup and cinnamon. Then add the green beans, nuts, leaves from the thyme sprigs and salt and pepper to taste.
Pour the marinade all over everything in the dish. Bake for about another 15 minutes (or until the sweet potatoes are done). Scatter the blue cheese over the top of the dish 5 minutes before the end of the cooking time to melt.
Serve with creamy mashed potatoes, polenta, crusty bread or a simple green salad.
Notes
Type of sausages: Any you like! I prefer pork or chicken. Make sure you choose good quality sausages though. Sweet potato: I usually cut the sweet potato into small chunks (about 2 cm) so that it cooks well in the same amount of time as the sausages and other vegetables. Gluten free? In theory this dish is gluten free, but do check that the sausages you use are gluten free. Preparing ahead: You can prepare the sweet potatoes, onions, garlic and sausages in the baking dish ahead of time. Keep covered in the fridge until ready to bake. You can also prepare everything else and whisk together the marinade ready for adding to the dish. Alternative: You can make a very similar dish with chicken. Here's my recipe for chicken and sweet potatoes with maple orange sauce.