Spicy sausage and potato stew

Ingredients

• 9 medium potatoes
• 1 large onion (200 g)
• 30 ml oil
• 4 soft tomatoes (500 g) or 400 g tomato sauce
• 1 bell pepper (150 g)
• 1 medium carrot (100 g)
• 1 medium parsnip (100 g)
• 1500 ml water
• 20 g dill
• 20 g celery leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt or seasoning such as Secretul gustului
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 500 ml water
• 500 g spicy sausages
• 5 ml oil
• 20 g parsley

Preparation

1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Keep them in cold water until you add them to the pot. Chop the onion and pepper, grate the carrot and parsnip, and dice the tomatoes if using. Chop the dill, celery leaves and parsley. 2. In the pot you’ll use for the stew, sauté the onion in 30 ml oil for 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook for another 7 minutes, until softened and well combined with the onion. 3. Drain the potatoes and add them to the pot with 1500 ml water. Bring to a boil, about 8 minutes, then add the pepper, carrot, parsnip, dill and celery leaves. Add the salt or seasoning such as Secretul gustului and the pepper. Boil for 25 minutes, until a fork slides easily into the potatoes. 4. While the vegetables are boiling, put the sausages in a saucepan with 500 ml water. Boil them for 5 minutes, then drain. In a frying pan, brown them in 5 ml oil for 5 minutes, turning them until they’re colored on all sides. 5. Add the sausages to the pot and let everything boil for another 3 minutes. Add the parsley, cover the pot and take it off the heat.