SAUSAGE AND MASH
Ingredients
- 8 sausages
- 2 onions
- sliced
- ½ tsp dried mixed herbs
- ½ tsp English mustard
- 600ml/20fl oz stock (ideally beef
- although chicken or vegetable is fine)
- salt and black pepper
- 2 tsp softened butter
- 2 tsp plain flour
- 900g/2lb potatoes
- peeled and chopped into equally sized cubes
- 50g/1¾oz butter
- 100ml/3½fl oz milk
- 300g/10½oz frozen peas
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
- Put the sausages in a roasting tin and place in the preheated oven. Cook for 10 minutes then turn the sausages and cook for a further 5 minutes
- or until they have a good colour on the outside.
- Add the sliced onions to the tin. Mix the dried herbs
- mustard and stock together and pour over the sausages and onions. Return the tin to the oven for a further 20 minutes
- or until the sausages are cooked through and the onion gravy thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- For the mash
- boil the potatoes in a pan of boiling water until tender. Drain and mash.
- Heat the butter and milk until the butter has melted. Add a pinch of salt and pepper then pour over the mashed potato and mix until smooth. Set aside until ready to serve.
- Cook the peas in a saucepan of boiling water for 2–3 minutes
- or steam them for 1–2 minutes. Drain thoroughly and set aside.
- For the sausages and onion gravy
- mix the softened butter and plain flour together to form a paste. Remove the sausages from the baking tray
- set aside and cover to keep warm. Place the baking tray onto the hob
- add the flour and butter mixture and whisk until combined. Stir over a medium-high heat for 2–3 minutes
- or until the gravy has thickened slightly. Add the sausages back to the tray and warm through for 1–2 minutes.
- Serve the sausages
- mash and peas with the onion gravy spooned over.

