Alheira no Forno com Legumes

Alheira no Forno com Legumes

Recipes with Alheira

Oven-baked alheira on a bed of roasted vegetables. The oven method is more hands-off than frying: arrange everything on one tray, bake, and serve. The sausage skin turns crisp in the dry heat while the vegetables caramelize underneath. A weeknight dinner for people who want alheira without a pot of hot oil on the stove.

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

30 min

Servings

2

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients

  • 2 alheira sausages
  • 2 medium potatoes, cut into wedges
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 4 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika (pimentão)
  • Salt and black pepper

Steps

1

Preheat oven to 200°C. Toss potato wedges, bell pepper, onion, and garlic with olive oil, paprika, salt, and pepper on a baking tray.

2

Roast the vegetables for 15 minutes until they start to soften and color.

3

Nestle the alheira sausages among the vegetables. Return the tray to the oven.

4

Bake another 15 minutes until the alheira skin is golden and taut. Serve directly from the tray.

Tips

Do not place raw alheira in the oven at the start with the vegetables. The sausage cooks faster and will dry out if baked for the full 30 minutes. Add it halfway through.