20 sausage recipes to add to your weekly dinner menu | delicious

From the humble snag sandwich to pizzas and pastas, the sausage is a versatile ingredient you can use to make some creative meals with flavours from around the world.

Don’t underestimate the brilliance of the humble snag.

Delicious celebrates its many guises – as a pizza and pasta partner, a starring role in a Thai salad or a tasty tandoori – to give it a new dinner-table cred.

It’s so much more than a snag, and are 20 ways to cook it.

Tandoori lamb sausages with pineapple and chilli salad

You’ll need two metal skewers for this Indian inspired sausage recipe.

Sausages mixed with the sweetness of pineapple.

One-tray pizza with sausage and tallegio

Begin this recipe at least four hours ahead.

Colin Fassnidge’s sausage and caponata tray bake with garlic and herb bread

“Sizzling sausages couldn’t be easier,” Colin Fassnidge says.

Sausage and sage stuffed shells

“I use wagyu mince in this one as it makes for a rich saucy finish. Serve the shells open-side up, trust me. I make this spicy but you do you in that regard.”

Sausage pizza with broccolini, pecorino and smoked mozzarella

Topped off with smoked mozzarella and pecorino cheese, this sausage pizza is the answer to what to have for dinner tonight.

Sausage on pizza is a must.

Chorizo carbonara

Forget that cream-laden carbonara, our chorizo and wholemeal spaghetti version is nourishing enough for every night.

Pumpkin, sausage and sage lasagne

This take on the classic Italian dish is the very definition of impressive comfort food.

Chorizo and tomato bake with Spanish rice

If you have rice or tinned tomatoes you want to use up, this recipe is a delicious solution.

Sausage and thyme ragu

Save on washing up with this rich, meaty, one-tray bake by Phoebe Wood.

Try this sausage and thyme ragu.

Tagliatelle with sausage and artichokes

This easy dinner is so quick to throw together and is bursting with flavour.

Thai beef sausage salad

You will need four small metal skewers for this Thai beef sausage salad.

Chicken, chorizo, brussels sprouts and cauliflower bake

“Use broccoli in place of the cauliflower or wedges of cabbage instead of the sprouts,” chef Colin Fassnidge says.

Perfect democracy sausage recipe

“Sometimes the simplest things are the best and what could be simpler than sausages and buttered bread? Of course, a good sausage is key, as are onions,” celebrity chef Matt Moran says.

The sausage sandwich will never go out of style.

“I’ve added a slug of beer to the mix for a hit of extra flavour (drink the rest while you’re cooking). You can make the onions ahead of time and warm them up to serve.”

Sausage pasta with lemon and herbs

Bored of the traditional sausage shape? Turn them into meatballs for this flavourful pasta recipe.

Lamb sausage rissoles with Greek risoni salad

Take a trip to Greece with this flavourful meat and salad combination. Perfect for using leftover sausages, or risoni.

Sausages, onion gravy, mash and brussels sprout slaw

“An English pub classic for hearty appetites,” Hayden Quinn says.

Sausages cooked in onion gravy.

Curried sausage tray bake

“A modern take on curried sausages,” chef Matt Moran says.

Matt Moran’s potato pizza with Italian sausage

Step away from the takeaway menus, do yourself a favour, and make these pizzas tonight. You can thank us later.

Marmalade-baked sausages

There is something so wonderfully comforting about seeing everything cooked in the one pan. Saves on the washing up too. Win win.

Sausage, parsnip and fennel pithivier

Matt Moran puts his own twist on the classic sausage roll. Different but entirely delicious all the same.

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