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I keep having to find the email my Mother sent me this in (back in 2002).

Sausage & Apple braise

1 lb cooking apples, peeled & cored
1lb leeks, trimmed
1lb pork sausage meat
2 1/4oz pkt instant potato
salt & pepper
7fl oz dry cider
1 level tsp dried mixed herb
chopped fresh parsley or mint for garnish

serves 4

Cut apples into thick, even slices. Finely slice leeks & wash well. Put
apples in boiling water, bring back to boil and blanch for 1 minute. Drain &
cool quickly. Repeat with leeks.

With wetted hands, shape sausage meat into balls about size of large cherry.
In lightly buttered 3pt ovenproof dish layer up the apple,leek and half the
sausage balls with a sprinkling of instant potato and seasoning between
layers. Finish with remaining sausage balls as a topping. Mix cider with
herbs and pour it over the mixture. Bake at Mark 5 for about 1 hour. Serve
sprinkled with chopped parsley or mint.

(seems to work fine with sausages. I usually use a bit more cider than that, too).