Moroccan sausage stew - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 8 good-quality pork sausage
• 2 red onion, cut into wedges
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 tbsp Moroccan spice mix or ras el hanout
• 100g soft pitted date, roughly chopped
• 400g can chopped tomato
• 175ml hot beef stock
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• mashed potato, to serve