What I want from a mid-week meal after work is something tasty, simple and, as it’s winter, a bit hearty. Sausages meet all those requirements, particularly the plump meaty pork and leek ones I picked up from De Beauvoir deli on the walk home. Bursting with juicy, fatty, tasty pork they looked they would provide a feast in themselves without me having to do too much. There’s something about well-made sausages that sends me off to some sort of gustatory nirvana. They’re just so juicy and tasty and meaty and…and…and you get the picture.

I didn’t fancy mash, and didn’t have any potatoes anyway, but there was a big jar of nutty Puy lentils sitting on the counter top. (more…)