Sausage, Red Onion Gravy & Mashed Potato Pie

Serves 4
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Directions

  1. 1Heat oil in a pan and fry sausages for 7 minutes.
  2. 2Set sausages aside.
  3. 3Add more oil, add sliced red onion, and fry on medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
  4. 4Add sliced cavolo nero and fry for 5 more minutes until the vegetables soften.
  5. 5Stir in the flour on the heat until it disappears.
  6. 6Slowly add the stock a little at a time, bringing it to the boil each time before adding more, stir continuously.
  7. 7When all the stock is used, season with salt and pepper and stir in the honey, dijon mustard and Thyme.
  8. 8Cut each sausage into 6 pieces and return it to the pan.
  9. 9Pour the mixture into an oven proof pie dish approximately 30cm x 20m
  10. 10Microwave the frozen mash to packet instructions, season it and give it a good stir
  11. 11Use an ice cream scoop to make 5 or 6 equal mash balls.
  12. 12Place them between the sausages at equal intervals.
  13. 13Allow the mixture to cool for a few minutes.
  14. 14Cut out the star shapes from the pastry.
  15. 15Heat the oven to 190C (fan)
  16. 16Lay the pastry shapes over the sausages, overlapping slightly, so there are no gaps.
  17. 17Brush the top with beaten egg, before baking in the oven for 25 mins

Ingredients

  • drizzle oil
  • 8 cumberland sausages
  • 2 large red onion
  • 5 cavolo nero leaves
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 550 ml chicken stock
  • salt
  • ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • 3 sprigs leaves from thyme
  • 350 g frozen mash
  • 1 sheet puff pastry
  • 1 egg

Equipment

large non-stick panoven proof pie dishmicrowaveoven

Tips

  • Turning the recipe into a veggie version is really easy.
  • Frozen mash helps to make the process faster.