Miss January - Sausages with lentils

My calendar this year is just a freebie that came with the December Delicious magazine. January's dish of Venison Sausages with Lentils enticed me all January, so with only a few days to go, I decided to give it ago. The lentils were rich and tasty from the beef stock but the Venison Sausages (I'm afraid these were from Sainsburys - my local butcher doesn't sell venison sausages) were quite dry. Mine didn't look quite as good as the picture, unfortunately.

The lovely fresh figs we had for dessert, simply cooked with brown sugar and served with cream, were as good as a picture though. Mmmmm.... figs .....