Herefordshire Chicken Sausage and Cider Casserole

Herefordshire Chicken Sausage and Cider Casserole gives you a taste for Herefordshire with this flavoursome dish, with a Cider Apple twist. Serves 2-3

Ingredients

• 1 pack of Springfield Chicken Sausages
• 1 medium Cox's apple, cored and sliced thickly into rings (no need to peel)
• Salt and black pepper
• A little oil for frying
• 200g smoked lardons
• 225g small shallots
• 1 heaped teaspoon plain flour
• 375ml strong dry cider
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 rounded teaspoon freshly chopped thyme, plus a few sprigs