Sausage mash bake recipe

Our sausage mash bake is comforting and perfect for prepping ahead or freezing in portions for future dinners. 

With only four steps in the method, this is the ultimate weeknight dinner for any busy family. We’ve used pork sausages but you can swap for chicken sausages to lower the calories or even use veggie ones for a meat-free dinner. You can save time and use some readymade mashed potatoes but making them from scratch is more cost effective. 

Ingredients

• 1kg floury potatoes (eg King Edwards), peeled and cut into chunks
• 50g butter
• 50ml whole milk
• small bunch chives, finely chopped
• small bunch spring onions, sliced
• ½ tbsp olive oil
• 8 traditional, herby pork sausages – eg approx 450g Cumberland
• 2 white onions, peeled and sliced
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp redcurrant jelly
• 100ml red wine
• 400ml chicken stock
• 2½ tsp cornflour dissolved in 1tbsp cold water
• 6 sprigs thyme, leaves
• 150g frozen peas

Method

1. Boil the potatoes until tender. Drain and steam dry for a couple of minutes then mash with the butter and milk. Stir through the chives and spring onions.
2. Heat the oven to 180C (160C fan, Gas 4). Heat the oil in a pan and fry the sausages until brown all over. Cut into chunks and put in a 1.5-litre ovenproof dish.
3. For the gravy, fry the onion for 6-8 mins, add vinegar, redcurrant jelly and wine, and bring to the boil. Add the stock and simmer for 2-3 mins. Stir in the cornflour and sprinkle with ½ the thyme leaves.
4. Pour the gravy over the sausages. Scatter over the peas and top with the mash. Scatter with remaining thyme and bake for 20-25 mins.

Top tip for making our sausage mash bake

If you are using veggie sausages, make sure you use a vegetable stock for the gravy too. 

“Sausages, mash and gravy is one of my favourite and most comforting meals. To give this recipe a slightly healthier twist, I would use carrot and swede for the mash topping and use chicken sausages which are high in protein and lower in saturated fat versus pork sausages.” 

For super smooth mashed potatoes with no lumps we recommend using a potato ricer such as this one from VonShef.

VonShef Potato Ricer Masher - View at Amazon 

You can also use this ricer to make smoothies, fruit purees and baby food. It’s easy to clean and comes with a two year warranty. 

We have lots more easy sausage recipes, including this tasty sausage casserole recipe and our sausage and potato casserole recipe is only 561 calories per portion.