Recipe of the day: Chorizo sausage with pumpkin and mash potato

Any dish you cook with a perfectly prepared chorizo sausage will have those eating your food asking for seconds.

Sausages are the simplest meat to cook, and can be enjoyed with just any starch dish or vegetable side.

Make this quick and easy chorizo sausage with pumpkin and mash potatoes for yourself and the family tonight.

Add more chorizo sausages to the recipe to enjoy them again tomorrow for lunch, with different sides if you prefer.

Chorizo sausage with pumpkin and mash potato

Ingredients

• 400g butternut pumpkin – peeled and chopped
• 1kg of potatoes – peeled
• 2 tablespoons of milk
• 40g of unsalted butter
• 4 fresh chorizo sausages
• 1 bunch English spinach -trimmed
• 2 tablespoons of capers in brine – drained and chopped
• 1 cup of flat-leaf parsley – finely chopped
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil
• Smoked paprika and micro parsley to serve (optional)

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Instructions

1. Place pumpkin in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for 12 minutes or until tender. (Alternatively, steam for 20-25 minutes.) Drain.
2. Place potatoes in a pan and cover with cold, salted water. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes or until tender. Drain.
3. Place milk and butter in a pan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer. Combine potato and pumpkin and mash, gradually adding milk mixture until smooth. Season.
4. Meanwhile, heat a non-stick frypan over medium heat. Add sausages and cook, turning, for 10-12 minutes until cooked through.
5. Add spinach to the pan and cook for 2 minutes or until wilted.
6. Combine capers, parsley, lemon juice and olive oil in a bowl and season.
7. Arrange sausages on mash with the spinach and caper mixture. Top with paprika and micro parsley to serve.

This recipe was found on delcious.com.au