Name: Fresh sausages with onion and tomato sauce
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 8 un Fresh Sausage; 3 un Onion; 2 un Tomato; 200 g Bell Pepper; 3 dentes Garlic; 60 g Tomato passata; 40 ml Olive Oil; 1 folha Bay Leaf; 2 c/ch Salt; 340 g Long-grain rice

Method

Bring 680 ml of water to the boil with half the salt. Add the long grain rice, cover and cook over low heat for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and rest, covered, for 5 minutes.
Heat the olive oil in a wide frying pan. Brown the sausages over medium heat for 5 minutes, turning them. Remove and set aside.
Slice the onions and chop the garlic, tomatoes and pepper. Add to the pan with the bay leaf and soften over medium heat for 8 minutes.
Add the tomato pulp, 150 ml of water and the remaining salt. Return the sausages, cover and simmer gently for 12 to 15 minutes. Check that their centres reach 71 °C.
Remove the bay leaf and serve the sausages and onion sauce with the rice.