Do you need comfort in late winter or early rainy spring? To help you regain your morale, we share 3 ideas for rainy day comfort food recipes. You can savour these recipes with your family, enjoy them with your loved one or all alone with a good book in hand.
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Rougail sausages
To bring a little sunshine to your winter, don’t hesitate to prepare a Réunionnaise recipe. Yes, the famous “rougail sausages” is a comforting dish for a rainy day. To prepare it:
- Boil water, add 6 Aliments Roma sausages and cook for 3 minutes.
- After draining, cut the sausages into small 2.5 cm pieces and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a pan and pour in 2 coarsely chopped onions, fry until they are translucent.
- Then add the sausages and cook for another 5 minutes .
- Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 piece of finely chopped ginger, 6 diced tomatoes, 1 thyme stalk, 1 pinch of cayenne pepper, 2 pinches of turmeric, 1 pinch of paprika and 125 ml of chicken broth.
- Simmer everything over medium heat for 45 minutes.
All you have to do is wait for the mixture to become red and very consistent; enjoy!
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Sausage Tortiglionis
Take advantage of the rainy weather to spend a pleasant moment in the kitchen with the whole family. Young and old can help each other for the preparation of sausage tortiglionis: an easy comfort food recipe, all year round!
- Cook 250g tortiglionis in boiling water. Then add 4 cups of broccoli florets 2 minutes before the end of cooking. Once everything is well cooked, drain, remembering to keep 75 ml of the cooking water.
- Heat the oil in a pan and sauté 1 clove of finely chopped garlic for a minute. Also put the flesh of the 4 Roma mild Italian sausages and wait until they are cooked through.
- All that’s left is to pour the pasta, broccoli, 1 cup diced mozzarella cheese, 1 can of tomato sauce, 75 ml of water, 15 ml of honey. To decorate this rainy day comfort dish, add 3 diced Italian tomatoes and finely chopped chives.
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Sausage and Vegetable Soup
Everyone knows, a good soup is always good for you! For the preparation of this comforting recipe:
- Cook the meat of 1 lb of your favourite Roma Italian sausages in 15 ml of olive oil.
- Add 1 diced onion, chopped garlic, 2 diced carrots, 375 ml cabbage, 2 celery stalks and continue cooking for 2 minutes.
- Pour 1 l of beef broth and 1 can of diced tomatoes.
- Season with salt and pepper according to individual tastes.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Pour 1 can of kidney beans and cook for another 5 minutes.
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Ratatouille Sausage casserole
The ratatouille Italian sausage casserole is one of our favourite healthy comfort food recipes to bring a touch of warmth on a cold day! To prepare it:
- Put in the oven for 40 minutes a baking dish containing 1 red pepper cut into cubes, 1 yellow pepper, 2 onions and 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic. Add salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, in 75 ml olive oil, cook 8 Roma Italian sausages. Once they are nicely browned, set aside.
- With the rest of the oil, cook the zucchini and tomatoes for 3 minutes.
- Add the sausages, zucchini and tomatoes to the pepper mixture and bake for 15 minutes.
Serve this comfort food on a rainy day with a good slice of country bread, comfort guaranteed!
