Vickys Sausages with Mustard Mash & Onion Gravy - olive oil

Method

• Preheat oven to gas 6 / 200C / 400F
• Put a good splash of oil and a knob of butter into a saucepan and heat on medium.
• Squash the garlic and when the butter melts add it to the pan with the thyme leaves
• When the pan starts to sizzle add all of the onions with a pinch of salt and stir around to coat in the flavoured oil
• Turn heat to low and put a lid on the pan.
• Leave them to cook for 15 minutes, stir occasionally
• Meanwhile, put the potatoes in a large pan of salted cold water and let come to the boil, then turn down to a gentle simmer
• Also put a small roasting tin on the stove top.
• Add a splash of oil then put the sausages in.
• Brown them on all sides
• Remove the sausages and put the onions in an even layer on the bottom of the tin, then put the sausages back on top
• Put in the oven for 25 minutes and when your potatoes are done, start the mash
• Drain the potatoes and add into the pan the other knob of butter, milk, cream, mustard and season to taste.
• You may like more mustard.
• I make this quite mild so the kids won't say it's yucky lol
• When the sausages and onions are done remove the sausages from the roasting tin but keep them warm in a low oven while you make the gravy
• Put the roasting tin with the onions in back on the stove top.
• Pour off any excess fat.
• Add the flour to the onions and stir in
• Add the stock then over a high heat let the gravy thicken.
• Scrape the good sticky bits from the bottom of the tin in, these hold all the flavour.
• Reduce down until you have a nice thick gravy
• Serve with the sausages on top of a layer of mash with the gravy poured over and seasonal veg