Pub Grub Reader Recipe: Bangers and Mash
Happy Saint Patrick's Day, and thanks to all of you who submitted recipes for our March Reader Recipe contest, featuring great pub food! Our pick for tastiest way to honor the Irish is this recipe from Robin Mish at spice-guy.com. Serve up this classic pub grub tonight with a pint of your finest green beer.
Thanks for this great recipe, Robin! Readers, if you've got loads of great recipes to share, stay tuned to Al Dente for our monthly recipe contests. We'll put out a call for specific genres of recipes each month and post our favorites.
Sláinte!
Bangers and Mash
Ingredients:
4 large baking potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 teaspoon butter, divided
1/4 cup milk, or as needed
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 pound beef sausage
1/4 cup diced onion
1/2 (.75 ounce) packet dry brown gravy mix
1/2 cup water, or as needed
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Place potatoes in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until tender, about 20 minutes.
3. Drain potatoes, and mash with 1 teaspoon of butter, and enough milk to reach your desired creaminess. Continue mashing, or beat with an electric mixer, until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
4. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage until heated through. Remove from pan, and set aside. Add remaining teaspoon of butter to the skillet, and fry the onions over medium heat until tender. Mix gravy mix and water as directed on the package, and add to the skillet with the onions. Simmer, stirring constantly, to form a thick gravy.
5. Pour half of the gravy into a square casserole dish so that it coats the bottom. Place sausages in a layer over the gravy (you can butterfly the sausages if you wish). Pour remaining gravy over them, then top with mashed potatoes.
6. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until potatoes are evenly brown.
--KitchenMaus
Honolulu Mom on March 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Heavenly comfort food. Serve with mushy peas.
Adjoran on July 10, 2009 at 02:22 PM
Sorry, you lost me with "packet dry brown gravy mix" . . . I know English food is supposed to be nasty, but please - if you can take the trouble to boil and mash potatoes, you can make up some gravy in the skillet!
Drunken Sailor on July 23, 2009 at 04:31 PM
Ai ladie your forgot to mix in abit of frozen peas.
cable on September 17, 2009 at 02:20 AM
Hi Kitchen Maus..
I really like pub foods.
Well this is really awesome recipe and am excited to do it.As all this stuffs are cheap and I purchased all this to my kitchen.This is so much faster recipe and really loved it.Anyways thanks for the awesome recipe.