Sausage with sweetpotato and apple
½ pound sausage
2 medium-sized sweetpotatoes
3 medium-sized apples
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons sugar
½ cup cold water
1 tablespoon sausage drippings
Cut link sausage into ½-inch pieces.
Fry until well done. If bulk sausage is used, shape it into small balls before frying or break it up as it cooks.
Pare and slice potatoes and apples.
Mix salt, flour, and sugar together and blend with cold water.
Arrange layers of potatoes, apples, and sausage in a baking dish, pouring flour-sugar mixture over each layer. Top with apples and sausage, and add drippings.
Cover; bake at 375° F. (moderate oven) until apples and potatoes are tender—about 45 minutes.
Menu Suggestion
Serve with a crisp green salad. For dessert have a well-chilled creamy rice pudding made with eggs and milk to supplement the protein from the small serving of meat. If you double the amount of sausage in the main dish, you will not need to choose a dessert that supplies additional protein.
For Variety
Replace the sausage with thin slices of smoked pork shoulder, or thin shoulder pork chops, well browned.