750 g good quality sausage meat or around 10 good farm style sausages
150g home made breadcrumbs
1large white onion
1tbs fresh grated orange zest
1-2 tbs brandy or whisky
1 Bramley apple peeled cored diced
8-10 fresh sage leaves
1tbs butter
Pepper
1lined rectangular loaf tin greased & lined
Chop the onion melt the butter in a heavy pan and fry the onion a few mins til translucent before adding the diced apple and frying a little more . Remove from the heat and cool completely. Finely chop the sage leaves but keep 3-4 back for decoration . Remove the sausage meat from the skins then using your hands mix together In a bowl with the rest of the ingredients and the cooked cooked onion mixture - add a good grind of pepper then press into the tin, add the sage leaves for decoration ( you can freeze the mix at this point - allow to defrost overnight in fridge then follow baking instructions) bake @ 180c til cooked through and golden, 30- 35 mins or so. Tip out of the tin and slice to serve..