Bangers & Mash

Ingredients

For the bangers -

• Sausages of your choice

• Wholegrain mustard

• Sage leaves

• Butter

For the mash -

• Potatoes, ideally floury not waxy

• Oil

• Coarse salt

• Butter, diced and cold

• Boursin

• Crème fraîche

For the gravy -

• Onions, sliced

• Carrot, diced

• Celery, diced

• Garlic, sliced

• Chicken stock

• Rosemary & apple cider vinegar

• Worcestershire sauce

Method

Preheat your oven to 180°c.

Prick the potatoes all over, lightly drizzle with oil and generously salt. Bake in the oven for about an hour or until completely cooked through.

Once these are cooked through, take them out of the oven and cut them in half whilst they’re still warm. Then push each half through a sieve with the back of a tablespoon. You’ll then just be left with the skins, keep these for snacking on - put them back in the oven to get them extra crispy.

Next, whilst the potatoes are still warm, add the cold butter and mix in vigorously to emulsify. Add the Boursin and crème fraîche, seasoning to taste. Finish by stirring in some fresh chives.

Put a splash of oil in a pan over medium heat and fry your sausage of choice until they are evenly coloured. With the heat still on, add the butter, allow it to foam then reduce the heat to low.

Add your sage leaves, mustard and honey at this point, giving them a toss so they are incorporated with the sausages and butter to form a glaze.

For the gravy, sweat your onions with a little bit of oil and salt. Allow them to start caramelising, adding diced carrots and celery, followed by sliced garlic.

Deglaze the pan with rosemary and apple cider vinegar. Add chicken stock and reduce to desired thickness. Add your Worcestershire sauce and season to taste. You can use a cornflour slurry (equal parts cornflour and cold water mixed) to thicken the gravy if you want to.

Don't be afraid to make substitutions for ingredients if there's anything you don't like the sound of - work with the seasons and/or whatever you've got in the fridge. Go forth and cook away.