Sausages braised in cider
Cooking time
Ready in 1 hour 20 minutesSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4An easy one-pot that's even better when served with a hearty pile of mash
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 669
- protein
- 19.8g
- carbs
- 51.6g
- fat
- 42.7g
- saturates
- 16.7g
- fibre
- 4.2g
- sugar
- -
- salt
- 2.46g
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 8 sausages
- 2 onions, sliced
- 4 rashers streaky bacon, chopped (optional)
- 2 tsp flour
- 350ml dry cider
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1kg potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 150ml milk
- 1 bunch spring onions, chopped
- 50g butter
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Method
- Heat a little oil in a frying pan with a lid. Brown the sausages then remove from the pan. Add the onions and bacon (if using) and cook for 15-20 minues. Add the flour and stir until absorbed. Gradually add the cider, then the mustard, and stir until dissolved. Bring to a simmer then add the sausages, put on a lid and cook for 45 minutes.
- To make the champ, put the milk and spring onions in a pan and cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the butter and leave to melt. Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender. Drain and mash with the milk mix. Serve with the sausages and gravy.
Recipe from olive magazine, August 2009
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Comments
Cooked for Sunday lunch in Cumbria in August! Fabulous, fussy kids ate it really well. Veg wise I added (with the onion) 3 diced carrots, a leek & a pepper, omitted the bacon. Will definately cook again but would recommend pre grilling sausages, which I will do next time & probably making more cider sauce as we all loved it!. Served with creamy mash (minus the spring onions to please the kids) & peas.
On my winter or miserable weather menu from now on!
I made this today.
As a slight twist I kept half of the bacon aside and mixed it with the mashed potato, along with some grated parmesan.
I transferred the part cooked sausages, onions, bacon and cider sauce into an oven proof dish and topped with the mash.
Sprinkled with more parmesan and olive oil and finished off in a hot oven for about 30 minutes.
It almost looked too good to eat.
Photo here :
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I didn't choose to do the onion and milk with my mash - cream instead!.....with regards to the casserole, buy good quality sausages would be better next time, my'n were cheap, and therefore greasy - plus they took the flavour of the cider away...I shall use a stronger one next time...however, my husband and I both agreed it was lovely, and so I shall be making it again - Very good....
this was fab, i omitted the milk and simply fried spring onions and mashed in mash with a tiny bit of butter to bring the fat content down, i dry fried leaner sausages to try to reduce the fat, the bacon did not fit well we both said next time we would put in one of red pepper/celery/carrot instead of bacon. its lovely and really tasty and cheap, i served with mangetout and corn.