Recipe: bratwurst with sweet potato, quinoa and spinach

There’s almost something international to celebrate every day, but World Bratwurst Day (go ahead and set an annual reminder for 16 August) genuinely makes us happy in the newsroom. With this recipe, you’ll make a great impression at this meaty celebration.

• Cook the quinoa according to the instructions on the package.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil for frying in a deep, heavy-based pan over medium heat. Brown the sausages in about 10 minutes, then cook for another 5 minutes with the lid on the pan. Turn the heat down, remove the sausages from the pan and drain on kitchen paper.
• Gently fry the onion in the cooking fat for about 10 minutes.
• Scoop the onion out of the pan and add it to the sausages, turn the heat up again and add the sweet potato cubes to the pan. Fry until slightly browned all over, add the water and crumble the stock cube over it. Put the lid on the pan and cook until tender in 8 minutes.
• Turn off the heat. Return the sausages and onion to the pan with the potato.
• Add the spinach and quinoa, season generously with pepper and a little salt, toss everything together and serve in deep bowls.

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